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Immature ruby throat hummingbird taking a short nap in this unusual cool spell. No worries by Wednesday hot and humid again as we start watching the tropics for hurricanes heading our way.
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.
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.
MEASUREMENTS
Both Sexes
Length: 3.5-4.3 in (9-11 cm)
Weight: 0.2-0.3 oz (5-10 g)
Wingspan: 6.3-7.1 in (16-18 cm)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets are olive-green birds with a prominent white eyering and white wingbar. This wingbar contrasts with an adjacent blackish bar in the wing. The “ruby crown” of the male is only occasionally visible.
These are restless, acrobatic birds that move quickly through foliage, typically at lower and middle levels. They flick their wings almost constantly as they go.
Such Beautiful Tiny Birds.
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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.
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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Ruby crowned kinglet. A twitchy little bird to be sure, so I'm always impressed when I can get a half way decent shot of one. It was kind of dark but I really liked the symmetry of its perch.
" Hovering in front of a flower to sip nectar, it beats its wings more than 50 times per second. Impressive migrants despite their small size, some Ruby-throats may travel from Canada to Costa Rica."
( Source - National Audubon Society ).
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Chrysolampis mosquitus - Male - Small hummingbird with a rather large range across northeastern South America and eastern Panama. Male is unmistakable with a golden throat, a ruby-red crown, and an orange tail with dark tips. Female is trickier to identify, but note the pale gray underparts, white-tipped tail feathers, and dull grayish green upperpars. The short and slightly decurved bill should also help identify the female. Fairly common in open habitats, including savannah, forest edge, and gardens. ebird.org/species/ruthum1
At Potengi - Ceará.
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