ruby-throated hummingbird

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Lowell Township, Michigan

Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Avimor near Boise, Idaho

ruby crowned kinglet

I can't resist one more shot. Glendale, Missouri

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) RCKI

I don't know if this happens to anyone else....but sometimes when I finally see a bird I have been unsuccessfully looking for....all of a sudden I see them everywhere! I think in my case looking at images just doesn't make a bird easier to find....but once I finally see one and get to photograph it, it somehow sticks in my brain. These little guys are a lot more common than I imagined! And at last one gave me a little view of how they get their name!

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Discovery State Park near Boise, Idaho

Regulus Calendula

Ye Olde School Trail, Kensington, CA

Dappled light on a landscape, or chiaroscuro to the early artists, catches the eye and adds complexity to a landscape.

It had rained much of the previous night, and the clouds were lifting, allowing sunshine to light the various colors of aspen foliage. Dappled light on a patchwork of colors.

Ruby Mountains, Colorado

Archilochus colubris

Bill's Backyard Bird Blind

New Britain, PA

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

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird with explosion background composited in.

In the Garden

Having a breakfast while waiting for the Golden Eagles to make a showing.

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

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.

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Are you taking my photo? A Ruby-crowned Kinglet checking me out at Hidden Springs near Boise, Idaho

" 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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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.

Ruby throated Hummingbird. July 25.

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I saw my first ruby throated hummingbird of 2019! He posed so nicely for me in the flowering tree in my backyard :-). He sat there for a while right next to my hummingbird feeder.

Vancouver, B.C.

Ruby-crowned kinglet---I was just about to go to another viewing area -- when this little Ruby-crowned kinglet showed up to please me.

The already busy Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf got busier as the passengers from the Ruby Princess disembarked from the tenders.

The ruby-throated hummingbird is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America. Wikipedia

On their way South during migration.

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) relaxes on the tip of a branch, the highest point of the tree, in order to view the surrounding habitat for any danger or intruders to its territory in the aspen woods along the shores of Islet Lake west of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.

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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.

Ijams Nature Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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This bridge crosses Ruby Lake and separates two private properties. One, a home and the other a restaurant. The Lilly's in the foreground help bring the viewer in, while the colored trees in the background deliver a reward for doing so. Ruby Lake is up the highway from Sechelt and on an overcast day, delivers some vivid strong colors in the trees. The lake however, was like glass given a momentary hiatus from the rain.

male, Richmond, B.C.

First of the season. Always fun trying to get shots of these

Bucks County, PA

Enjoying the lantana on the deck.

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We call this little female "long neck;" She will sit at the feeder and stretch her neck to look around.

Lowell, Michigan

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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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.

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

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) enjoying some Salvia.