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The tiny kinglet has been a great source of entertainment in our backyard recently. This is the only shot I have so far giving me a look at its ruby crown.
Ruby Falls is the deepest publicly accessible underground waterfalls in the United States. This 145 foot waterfall is 1160 feet underground. Miners digging an access route to the now less popular Lookout Mountain caves accidentally stumbled upon this magnificent underground waterfall when they chanced upon a small opening into the falls and followed it.
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.
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.
Wish there were more photos of ruby on the blog.
But, there are photos of the kittehs on the blog
I think photos of your pets are like photos of your children.
A tiny bird seemingly overflowing with energy, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet forages almost frantically through lower branches of shrubs and trees. Its habit of constantly flicking its wings is a key identification clue.
A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, showing off his crown ...those legs make toothpicks look like trees .-)
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Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm lens..
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A resting male ruby whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda, Nordische Moosjungfer) on a hot, sunny day at the Bauernmoor in Tiste.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~ (Archilochus colubris)
The migrating Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were enjoying the wild lantana plants at Fort DeSoto.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet were found in several areas of the park this morning. All were singing quite joyously.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
This is the Queen Hummingbird of my backyard. She's taken ownership of the three feeder in my yard and chases all others away (except for the yellow jacket bees)
A female Ruby-throated hummingbird resting on a chinese hat plant at Castellow Hammock Park in Miami, FL.
Two things you HAVE to have at Ruby Slipper- the creamy stone ground grits, AND the pig candy!
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I was walking through Koreatown in Toronto on a snowy day when I caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye. She was standing on the steps of a business and she looked like a porcelain doll. In a somewhat busy location, she was standing next to a wall of plain white metal siding and I could imagine a good portrait. I turned back and introduced myself and my project. She began to fluster about her hair not being right which I countered with my opinion that it looked just fine. I showed her my contact card and suggested we try a couple of photos and if she was not happy with them, I would not use them for my project. She agreed to that. Meet Ruby.
To my surprise, she proceeded to shrug off her coat and put it down on the steps behind her, along with her cell phone and my contact card. I wanted to emphasize her eyes and I also needed to be close to maintain the simplicity of the background. (Stepping back would have introduced too many distractions.) We had to step aside a couple of times during the brief shooting as customers needed to use the stairs Ruby was standing on (I was on the sidewalk).
As I asked a couple of questions for this story, Ruby waved her hand and said she wasn’t good with the comments which I accepted. She was friendly, but pressed for time, citing that she is a hair stylist and was due to start work in the salon behind her. Suddenly her immaculate presentation all made perfect sense. I did learn that Ruby is from Korea and has been in Canada just a year. I commented that she must have had good English before she came because communicating with her was not difficult. She smiled and said she came without any English. Impressive.
What does she like most about being a hairstylist? It’s being able to use her creativity to help someone achieve an attractive look. I offered to send the photo and she typed her email address into my phone before excusing herself and grabbing her coat, saying she had to get inside and start work. She suggested I might mention the salon in my project and I said I would be glad to. It is Goa Hair Studio (www.h2goa.com/). As an afterthought, I snapped a quick photo of the storefront with my cell phone to give a sense of the location on Bloor Street West in Toronto.
Thank you Ruby. You are my 812th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
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