First year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on a Coral Bean Plant

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)

Another winter flowering beauty! The heather gardens were so pretty this day! ;0)

I met Ruby last week at a coffee shop when she started chatting to me about my dogs.

I took the opportunity to ask her to meet up for a shoot on the next Sunday. This is the first shot we took.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Rosetta McClain Gardens, Toronto, Ontario.

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 800. Nikon SB-5000 flash using Auto FP High-Speed Sync mode.

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Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. The earliest documentation of a Chianti wine dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the Chianti Mountains around Florence. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. This is why a rigid legislation has been introduced to regulate the production of Classic Chianti. The first limit obviously regards the geographical area where the grape must grow. But not only the vineyards must be cultivated in the prescribed area: the whole process of wine-making, storage and bottling must take place inside the protected zone. The grape variety from which Chianti is produced is Sangiovese. The alcoholic strength must not exceed 12 %. In addition to this, there are other requirements that must be followed, regarding the average amount of dry product (24 g/l); the acidity rate (4,5 g/l), the colour (intense ruby red), the smell (fruity, with nuances of wildflowers, berries, cherries or plums) and taste (harmonious, dry, strong and with respectable tannin).

We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. Grapes and olives require similar climatic and soil conditions and share coinciding harvest times, making them a natural pair in the fields.

Long-term agricultural biodiversity appeals to vineyard owners, who realize that economic and seasonal variables, as well as consumer taste, make production of more than one quality product a proactive approach. Additionally, olive groves protect vineyards against strong winds, acting as windbreaks. We visit the farms and cellars and ofcourse taste the great Chianti wine.

Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif, die graag veel zon heeft en goed bestand is tegen grote temperatuurschommelingen. De belangrijkste Chianti-zones worden gevormd door de streek Chianti Classico gelegen rond Castellina. Zoals met zoveel in Italia, is ook de wijnbouw begonnen in het zuiden, maar hebben de noorderlingen het later overgenomen. Na de Romeinse tijd kwam de zuidelijke wijnbouw in de versukkeling. De oudste ononderbroken wijntraditie. In de Renaissance kwam de productie weer helemaal terug en wel in...Toscana. Rijke handelaars en bankiers zoals de families Frescobaldi en Antinori namen druivenrassen mee uit Frankrijk en legden daarmee de basis voor het feit dat Toscana tegenwoordig de oudste onononderbroken wijntradities van Italië kent.

From the moment I saw these birds in the trees around the cottage we visit, a few years ago, I have been trying to figure out how to get decent photographs. This summer I settled on identifying perches used periodically, and then getting in range of one of the perches. This meant two things: being on the roof, and being subject to shifting light and backgrounds. On the other hand, some of their grooming poses were amazing. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them.

This rusty old Ford truck is one of the first things seen after entering Ruby.

Montana Peak is in the background, as it is for lots of my Ruby photos. It towers over the area and is hard to ignore.

Photographed in the Lantana gardens in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Juvenile Ruby Throated Hummingbird - Green Spring Gardens Park

I spent the afternoon in Ashland County, Ohio.

A ruby-crowned kinglet is perched on a thorny branch, its feathers fluffed up against a softly focused background. The sunlight creates a gentle glow, highlighting the bird's delicate features!!!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, "Archilochus colubris", female, August 2020, Tennessee, USA.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird enjoying a Glossy Abellia flower

I have had a cute little Ruby Crowned Kinglet visiting one of my suet feeders all winter. I have taken many photos of him hoping he would flash his crown of red feathers but have only managed one shot where he did so. I haven't seen him this week and wonder if he has started migrating back to wherever he came from. Hopefully he will be back next year and will be a little less shy in showing his red crown.

Tischer CK, Duluth MN

Shot for Macro Mondays theme: “Songs from your teens”

Can you guess the song?

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Lily of the Nile plant - Green Spring Gardens

Ruby the Turkey Vulture is an Audubon rescue bird. She was found on a farm. She may have been raised by humans because she was following the farmers around and asking to be fed. When she was brought to Audubon it was determined that she could not live in the wild. Seen at the Ridgefield Birdfest and Bluegrass Festival.

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird looking for food sources. Photo taken at Morgan Arboretum, Montreal.

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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird taken from my flower garden. I have seen a few males but none have cooperated yet. Maybe I will get a male before the summers over. ( explore # 81 ) my thanks to everyone

Just a reminder, spring is only 54 days away!

This was my second visit to this beach this week during my workshop with Kurt Budliger. Everything seemed less “forced” tonight. The gloomy weather seemed to have scared away a lot of the photographers that were plaguing this beach a few nights earlier.

This workshop had some of the greatest people I have met in my photography travels to date. Great bunch, great humour, GREAT photographers and lots of laughs. I also learn so much of the “intangible” on these workshops. It is mind blowing to see a great instructor create art before your eyes, and show you just how close you are… (yet so far!) It really is the little adjustments that seem to make the biggest difference… And I was starting to grasp this concept better on this night.

The end result is a blend of three images. One for the sky, one for mostly everything else and the final image was consisted mostly of the centre rock next to the sun which had a wonderful glow wrapping around it.

First year male Ruby Throated Hummingbird feeding on a Bromeliad plant - Green Spring Gardens

I have had a cute little Ruby Crowned Kinglet visiting one of my suet feeders all winter. I have taken many photos of him hoping he would flash his crown of red feathers but have only managed one shot where he did so. I haven't seen him this week and wonder if he has started migrating back to wherever he came from. Hopefully he will be back next year and will be a little less shy in showing his red crown.

this ruby-crowned kinglet brought it's unique song to the woodlands near the ponds

Unusual to see an adult male ruby-throat in Winnipeg this late in August, They are usually long gone and back in Costa Rica foot-loose and fancy-free flirting with the female ruby throats.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Murray Kentucky

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Ruby the Owl was very popular at Little Ray's Reptile Show.

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Wikipedia: The ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula) is a very small passerine bird found throughout North America. Their breeding habitat is coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska, northern New England and the western United States.

These birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico. Some birds are permanent residents in the west.

Conservation status: Least Concern

Ruby Throated Hummingbird on Clematis - Green Spring Gardens

Cropped image for composition and inside all the twigs and branches around.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula).

Local park Mississauga, ON

Kitchen window in Ruby bay NZ

Ruby Throated Hummer, male. Multi flash setup from my kitchen window.