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An immature Ruby-throated moving in on one of the feeders at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
© Chris Williams. Canon 7D, Canon 300mm L IS f/4. Jefferson Co. Indiana. Oct. 18, 2011
I posted one like this previously, but I think this one is sharper. I love this bird.
Got some great shots of a few Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds at the Overpeck Native Plant Garden
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
🔎 Larus marinus
The BCAS garden in Overpeck Park
Leonia, NJ 8/2024
Nikon D500
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I did some tweaking to my original Ruby Beach shot to get the contrast up. I like this one better and think it works nicely as a black and white.
The sun finally came out so I went out and got a couple of shots around the feeders. I found this ruby-crowned kinglet in th mountain ash.
My website is Christensen's Photos of Southwest Montana at
After yesterdays heavy rain and wind Mill Lake Park was filled with birds. Several Ruby-crowned Kinglets were rapidly checking out the bushes and trees.
We spotted this ruby-throated hummingbird perched near a prairie dock flower. Prairie dock is a native perennial with several showy yellow flowers. The plant can grow more than 6 feet tall. Even with its height, it's still able to stand upright after a couple major storms. It's fairly easy to establish for any backyard habitat enthusiast.
Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS.
Great news!
Ruby Mag is proud to present a new printed publication! It is called "Ruby Mag selection #1" and it is the third printed version. It includes 6 artists that have participated in a previous online issue: hernán paganini, megan cump, katharina trudzinski, luciana rondolini, nick van woert and christian hagemann.
It is a limited edition of 500 copies, 15x21 cms, 6 artists, 32 pages, printed full color.
Go ahead and get yours at the store section!
Right now it is only available online in the store section of this website. and in argentinean bookstores (see stockists in the store section) but soon it will be available in international stores, they’re on their way! If you would like to sell it in your shop and i havent contact you yet email me!
And you may also enjoy a new online issue with 9 cool artists: sol santarsiero, carly waito, placeresdehacer, kim daehyun aka moonassi, mitch thar, angeles peña, hin chua, agustín sirai and maximilian haidecher. Take a look!
A ruby-throated hummingbird with iridescent throat feathers perches delicately on a branch against a clear blue sky. Sunlight highlights the bird's translucent wings as it appears ready to take flight!!!
The Ruby
115 Studs in length
After the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West, the Good Witch of the North helped Dorothy Gale return home to Kansas. The Land of Oz was left, by the Wizard, in the capable hands of the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion. Although they lead the people of Oz with grace and wisdom, the lands were so large that even they could not keep everything in check. Oz began to fall to ruin...
The Winkies, once slaves to the Wicked Witch’s whims, attempted to rebuild their society, but were hampered by the prejudice they faced from other citizens of Oz. The Munchkins could not relate to them given their history with the Wicked Witch of the East; the citizens of the Emerald City looked down on them as gullible puppets; even the Gillikins of the North, under the guidance of Glinda, held on to their resentment. The Tin Man tried to teach his people compassion, but their hearts could not be changed.
The three leaders decided that Dorothy was needed in Oz once more. Through her leadership, they would work to restore Oz to not only what it once was, but what it could truly be. The Scarecrow devised a way to contact her, and she agreed to return to them. Once back in the Emerald City, she took on the title of General, and began working on a plan to unite the people of Oz. Dorothy first went to the Munchkins, who welcomed her back as the hero she once was. The Munchkin people, she had heard, had moved on from their agricultural roots and had been delving into engineering and technologies. She requested of them a vehicle capable to her task.
The Munchkins constructed the MK-78, which Dorothy nicknamed The Ruby. This craft would allow General Gale and her team to travel across the Land of Oz, finding refugee Winkies and teaching tolerance to the other citizens. Two removable containers (one communication, one a mobile garage) could remain in an area while the ship continued searching for those in need. If difficulty occurs, the ship is equipped with a small fighter dubbed the ”Flying Monkey” to protect both it and those they are trying to help, while the bridge-module also serves as a shuttle. Three Munchkin engineers travel with the ship to keep it operational.
Through her work, Dorothy has been able to bring the Winkies together with the Quadlings, the Rlys and the Hilanders who helped shelter them and guide them on the path to a functional society. Dorothy remains at the helm of The Ruby, bringing the people of Oz together, one brick at a time.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruby-throated_hummingbird/id
For anyone planning to visit Cape May Point, the nice men who run the snack stand by the Lighthouse invite visiting birders to let them know what you like to eat: Lou@casteas.com.
(I'm not associated with the stand, just a satisfied customer.)
I've got a ruby red desire
Like a virus like my last hope
I've got a ruby red desire
I've got to hear the red bird sing
I've got to rip this cord
And rinse this lazy blood
Clear a path and walk away
I've been waiting for the sky to fall
I've been thinking I could lose it all
I've been waiting for the safety net
Tell myself that I'm not ready yet
And every memory's a dream
And each uncertainty reminds me why
I saw a kid outside playing by a moongate
Making paper things that fly
I've been waiting for the sky to fall
I've been worried I could lose it all
I've been waiting for the safety net
Tell myself that I'm not ready yet
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
- Heather Nova, 'Ruby red'
A ruby-crowned kinglet perched on a thin branch, surrounded by a blur of leaves and twigs. The bird's greenish-gray plumage blends harmoniously with the natural background!!!
There's been a lot of ruby-crowned kinglets out of this year (funny fact: a group of them is called alternatively a "charm", a "dinasty" or a "castle"). They are so quick to fly around chasing insects, they stop only for a second or two!
Scientific name: Regulus calendula
Taken in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
8-26-2015 1-15-36 PM
The ruby-throated hummingbird is the smallest bird species that breeds in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada.
This hummingbird is from 7 to 9 cm (2.8 to 3.5 in) long and has an 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in) wingspan. Weight can range from 2 to 6 g (0.071 to 0.212 oz), with males averaging 3.4 g (0.12 oz) against the slightly larger female which averages 3.8 g (0.13 oz).
Adults are metallic green above and greyish white below, with near-black wings. Their bill, at up to 2 cm (0.79 in), is long, straight, and very slender. As in all hummingbirds, the toes and feet of this species are quite small, with a middle toe of around 0.6 cm (0.24 in) and a tarsus of approximately 0.4 cm (0.16 in). The ruby-throated hummingbird, can only fox-trot if it wants to move along a branch, though it can scratch its head and neck with its feet.
The species is sexually dimorphic. The adult male has a gorget (throat patch) of iridescent ruby red bordered narrowly with velvety black on the upper margin and a forked black tail with a faint violet sheen. The red iridescence is highly directional and appears dull black from many angles. The female has a notched tail with outer feathers banded in green, black, and white and a red throat that may be plain or lightly marked with dusky streaks or stipples. Males are smaller than females and have slightly shorter bills. Juvenile males resemble adult females, though usually with heavier throat markings. The plumage is molted once a year, beginning in late summer.
The breeding habitat is throughout most of eastern North America and the Canadian prairies, in deciduous and pine forests and forest edges, orchards, and gardens. The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or a tree. Of all hummingbirds in the United States, this species has the largest breeding range.
The ruby-throated hummingbird is migratory, spending most of the winter in southern Mexico and Central America, as far south as extreme western Panama, and the West Indies. It breeds throughout the eastern United States, east of the 100th meridian, and in southern Canada in eastern and mixed deciduous forest. In winter, it is seen mostly in Mexico.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species are not social, other than during courtship (which lasts a few minutes); the female also cares for her offspring. Both males and females of any age are aggressive toward other hummingbirds. They may defend territories, such as a feeding territory, attacking and chasing other hummingbirds that enter.
As part of their spring migration, portions of the population fly from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico across the Gulf of Mexico, arriving first in Florida and Louisiana.This feat is impressive, as a 800 km (500 mi), non-stop flight over water would seemingly require a caloric energy that far exceeds an adult hummingbird's body weight of 3 g (0.11 oz). However, researchers discovered the tiny birds can double their fat mass to approximately one gram in preparation for their Gulf crossing. Then expend the entire calorie reserve from fat during the 20 hour non-stop crossing when food and water are unavailable.
Hummingbirds have one of the highest metabolic rates of any animal, with heart rates up to 1260 beats per minute, breathing rate of about 250 breaths per minute even at rest, and oxygen consumption of about 4 ml oxygen/g/hour at rest. During flight, hummingbird oxygen consumption per gram of muscle tissue is approximately 10 times higher than that seen for elite human athletes.
They feed frequently while active during the day. When temperatures drop, particularly on cold nights, they may conserve energy by entering hypothermic torpor.
Shot at Ruby Beach, Washington, inside Olympic National Park. Ward's 26 camera, with a teal gel filter taped on the inside of the lens. Expired (3-99) 800 speed Kodak Gold Max, redscaled, respooled onto 127 backing paper.
Model: Ruby
Photo & retouch: Red
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Our newest addition. She's about 5 weeks old per our vet. A pharmacist friend wheedled me into taking her - like it was difficult. Thankfully my husband was sitting there when I said I'd take Number 5. Her back story is that a woman and her kids found Ruby and her brother, who was named Bo, in their yard, they live out in the country, no mom around. Once they got it home they realized Mom's significant other was allergic to cats - extremely. So here she is.