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The hummingbird wars are heating up. First we have my dominant male, and in the second flight shot, that should follow this one in my photostream, we have a juvenile male ruby-throated contender that gives the dominant male the most attitude. The others try to sneak to the feeders when these two are fighting. Since we are finally getting some rain, I had to slow the shutter speed to get decent exposure so that is the reason for the blurred wings, but the eyes are sharp. The brown background in the pics is my dormant grass from lack of water.
Las guerras de colibríes se están calentando. Primero tenemos a mi macho dominante, y en la segunda toma de vuelo, que debería seguir a esta en mi secuencia de fotos, tenemos un contendiente macho juvenil de garganta rubí que le da al macho dominante la mayor actitud. Los otros intentan escabullirse a los comederos cuando estos dos están peleando. Como finalmente llueve, tuve que reducir la velocidad del obturador para obtener una exposición decente, por lo que ésa es la razón de las alas borrosas, pero los ojos son nítidos. El fondo pardo en las fotos es mi hierba inactiva por falta de agua.
Well, no "field-craft" required for this shot. I found this ruby-tailed wasp moribund on the windowsill in our garden room. There's quite a few active in the garden at the moment. I put it on a cosmos flower in the garden. because that's where lots of hymenoptera head for nectar.
When I went back, it had perked-up a bit, so I picked the flower to take it somewhere better to photograph. The wasp fell off though and landed on some cosmos petals on the ground. I picked it back up and rested the petal on the flower. The wasp kindly turned around and adopted this pose. I got a couple of shots before it flew off. I trust that it survived OK!
They are so extraordinarily beautiful - I find them so much easier to forgive than the nomada.
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Archilochus colubris
Colibrí garganta de rubí
La Argentina, Grecia
Historia Natural
Alimentación
Visitan flores de una gran variedad de hierbas, arbustos, bejucos y árboles, sobre todo aquellos que producen gran cantidad de flores pequeñas y frecuentemente polinizadas por insectos, o flores aisladas (por ejemplo, flores de siete negritos (Lantana camara), Stachytarpheta, o a veces de guabas (Inga spp.)
En raras ocasiones poseen territorios de alimentación, pero pueden cazar en los territorios de especies más grandes.
Comportamiento
Generalmente se encuentra subordinada a la mayoría de las especies de colibríes locales.
Ciclo anual
Es una especie migratoria neártica.
Habitat y Distribución
Habitat
Viven en bosques secundarios, charrales, bordes de bosques deciduos, y en ocasiones en bosques de galería, plantaciones de café y zonas verdes en áreas rurales.
Distribución
Es una especie residente invernal de poco común a localmente común en las bajuras del Pacífico norte. Es de rara a ocasional a través del Valle Central y en las bajuras del Pacífico sur, y regular, aunque muy poco común, en la región de Los Chiles-Río Frío; en el resto del lado del Caribe solo ocurre como una divagante muy rara, sobre todo durante la migración otoñal de mediados de octubre a noviembre. En primavera emigra entre finales de marzo y mediados de abril.
Distribución fuera de Costa Rica
Se reproduce al este de Norteamérica, desde el sur de Canadá hasta Florida y Texas. Invierna desde el noroeste de México y el sur de Texas regularmente hasta Costa Rica y casualmente hasta el oeste de Panamá.
Distribución de Area de conservación
ArenalGuanacasteOsaPacifico CentralTempisqueAmistad CaribeAmistad PacificoHuetar NorteCordillera Volcanica CentralTortuguero
Descripción
Descripción científica
Mide 8 cm.; el macho pesa 2.7 grm. y la hembra 3 grs. Es más blanco por debajo que los otros colibríes pequeños en su ámbito de distribución; muestra las primarias internas angostas, las puntas entre romas (hembras) y con ángulos muy agudos (machos).
El macho adulto es verde bronceado por encima, incluso en las timoneras centrales, y la cola está profundamente ahorquillada, con las timoneras laterales negras y puntiagudas. La mancha postocular es blanca y la gorguera es rojo rubí. El collar es blanco a través de la parte de adelante del cuello, y el resto de la región inferior es blanco grisáceo, con manchas verdes en los lados.
En el macho las mejillas y auriculares son fuscos, y toda la región inferior es blanco grisáceo, con manchas verdes a los lados. La cola es redondeada, con las puntas de las timoneras laterales romas y la base entre verde y grisáceo,la faja subterminal negra y puntas amplias y blancas. El pico y las patas son negras.
Los individuos juveniles son semejantes a la hembra adulta, pero con los bordes anteados en las plumas de la región superior, sobre todo en la rabadilla y en la nuca, y las bases de las timoneras laterales más fuscas y las puntas más redondeadas (especialmente en las hembras). Los machos generalmente presentan algunas plumas rojas en la garganta y menos blanco en la cola.
Información taxonómica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Aves
Orden: Apodiformes
Familia: Trochilidae
Género: Archilochus
The Ruby-tailed Wasp is quite lazy and the females lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary bees and wasps, especially Mason Bees. When the eggs hatch, they eat the larvae of the Mason Bees. This gives the Ruby-tailed Wasp its other name of 'Cuckoo Wasp'.
Norfolk
July 2019
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
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Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.
Kinglets are "active" little fellas. So when one gets a shot it is a disappointment that there is a shadow across his face.
Battery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
May 5, 2019
A pair of male ruby throated humming birds (archilochus colubris) were at the feeder today. They were going at each other like tiny WWI biplanes in a dog fight.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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I took a weekend trip out to the coast last week and the first order of business was to head out to Ruby Beach the first evening. The weather was great and it was a fun evening dodging incoming waves while trying to snap some shots.
It's a good thing I did as the clouds promptly disappeared for the balance of the weekend making for perfect tourist weather but not so perfect for photography.
“Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes for love, joy and celebration. Hummingbirds open our eyes to the wonder of the world and inspire us to open our hearts to loved ones and friends. Like a hummingbird, we aspire to hover and to savor each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning and that laughter is life’s sweetest creation.”
---- Papyrus
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Many hummingbirds were attracted to the feeder on the balcony last Friday.
This Ruby-throat found a place to perch and patiently wait his turn ....and ...a moment after this click ... flew up to the feeder to claim his share of the nectar ...
Thanks for the visit ....have a nice week :-)
A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, showing off his crown ...those legs make toothpicks look like trees .-)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
© 2016 Patricia Ware - All Rights Reserved
The Mexican petunia, a decorative and introduced plant in the USA, attracts the hummingbirds that visit my yard.
La petunia mexicana, una planta decorativa en EEUU e introducida, atrae los colibries que visitan mi patio.
The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) are small hummingbirds that breed in southern Canada (central Alberta east to Nova Scotia) south to central and eastern USA (North Dakota east to Maine, and south to southern Texas. Vagrants travel as far west as California. This species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird.) are small hummingbirds that breed in southern Canada (central Alberta east to Nova Scotia) south to central and eastern USA (North Dakota east to Maine, and south to southern Texas. Vagrants travel as far west as California. This species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Mina Lobata Vine (Firecracker Vine). Green Spring Gardens Park
A ruby-throated hummingbird hovers mid-air, delicately poised above vibrant pink flowers, with blurred greenery and a warm backdrop highlighting its graceful movements. Its iridescent green feathers shimmer in the light, capturing a moment of natural beauty!!!
The less-visited end, that is.
Nice and quiet down here, just make sure you get back around that headland before the tide comes back in.
(last look at the beach, we moved to the mountains the next day)
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Summer 2015: "Up was Down"
July 4th: Forks does the fourth, Ruby Beach.