A female...or possibly a juvenile of either gender. Even after reading up a bit it still seems unclear to me. I spotted it this morning on a bush in a neighbor's garden while I was eating breakfast on the porch. It was nice enough to hang around while I ran inside to get my camera. I managed to get a few shots while my dog hopped on the table and finished my breakfast.

ruby-throated hummingbird

My yard

Lowell Township, Michigan

From the archives.

Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Sipping the nectar of the gods

Will you just sit still for a couple seconds.

Dixon Meadows, PA

Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Avimor near Boise, Idaho

ruby throated hummingbird

in the garden

Kent County, Michigan

Taking a rest

ruby crowned kinglet

Ruby throated hummingbird

Spent a fun day at Bill's Backyard Bird Blind sitting in a comfy chair, 15 feet from a flower bed yesterday. Saw three of these little guys. This one looks like a juvenile male. A fill flash was used.

Somewhere in PA.

Ruby is an eclectus parott living at the Bloedesel Conservatory, Vancouver. Working on my procreate painting skills. She sure has a LOT of feather to paint!

This is the first time I have seen one of these. Unfortunately I couldn't get a photo of the crown.

Another 'Chrysis ignita' shot from the other day

Ruby-crowned Kinglets right now in this area are plentiful and singing their energetic, upbeat song. It's always great to see them with their crest showing.

Saratoga Spa State Park

Ye Olde School Trail, Kensington, CA

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A lone boat crosses San Francisco Bay as sunset paints the sky to join others docked at a marina.

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Ruby Beach-Washington Coast

Below the imposing escarpment of Dodge’s Bluff, Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, traces the Colorado River in spectacular Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 23, 2021.

Archilochus colubris

Bill's Backyard Bird Blind

New Britain, PA

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Such Beautiful Tiny Birds.

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This Japanese Pieris has intense ruby color blooms,

My other 2 are white over 6 feet high, this one stayed small,

Changing the spot and some Holly tone with cure that I hope.

Happy Sunday!

First of the season

Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.

Hard to believe the way they never sit still.

Vancouver, B.C.

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird with explosion background composited in.

male, Richmond, B.C.

male Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Barber Park, Boise, Idaho

Ruby, throated, hummingbird ARCHILOCHUS

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubrids) undertakes a bit of preening as it patiently waits, on an elevated perch, for any intruders to its territory in the aspen woodlands near Islet Lake west of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.

11 June, 2020.

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Ijams Nature Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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On their way South during migration.

One of the new bubbies in the garden these days.

juvenile ruby-throated hummingbird

Lowell Township, Michigan

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Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 720.

Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.

One of several scenic ranges that make up the West Elk Mountains, the Ruby Range is the backdrop for some beautiful views of fall color. The aspen on the southern flanks of the range make up the most extensive stands in Colorado, only a portion of which are seen here from Beckwith Pass. The two prominent peaks are Ruby Peak and Mount Owen. The conifer forests here have escaped the outbreaks of spruce beetle that have killed numerous trees in surrounding mountain ranges.

One of the more common birds at my suet feeders in the winter is the ruby crowned kinglet. I always wonder if these cute little puffball birds were an inspiration for Angry Birds game. They have so much spunk when they show their red crown to scare other birds off the feeder as they dive at it. .