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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
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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.
A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, showing off his crown ...those legs make toothpicks look like trees .-)
The ruby whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda, Nordische Moosjungfer) is an endangered dragonfly in Germany according to the Red List. All the more I'm always excited to still find plenty of them at the wonderful Bauernmoor in Tiste.
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A female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird taking a break while drinking nectar from some flowers. It required considerable patience on my part under the hot summer sun to get a few good images of these hummers. Comments welcome.
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.
the sun was kind enough to come out on the granite headwall above Ruby Lake as I was shooting these images for the pano.
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.
A female Ruby-throated hummingbird resting on a chinese hat plant at Castellow Hammock Park in Miami, FL.
One of my favorite flowers. "Ruby Wedding" is cultivar of Great Masterwort. It's Lovely and Gorgeous, you think so too?
Photographed in friend Allen's (asparks306) backyard setup in Cordova, Tennessee.
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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.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
(Regulus calendula) -- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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. Smaller than a warbler or chickadee, this plain green-gray bird has a white eyering and a white bar on the wing. Alas, the male’s brilliant ruby crown patch usually stays hidden—your best chance to see it is to find an excited male singing in spring or summer.
Read more at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/overview
My friend www.flickr.com/photos/eklohoma/ suggested the title of this photo be "Ruby Melted (instead of what I had: Ruby). So I wondered if the Ruby can be melted .. answer is yes, at 2044 °C according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby .. Thus I had no choice but to change the Title! Thanks :)