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RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD-07221783
This series is of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds that took up residence in and around my back yard and garden this past Summer.
I found it amazing how perceptive these little creatures are. They would fly rite up in front of me and hover when I would enter their space . I think to say please leave my space, or hover and feed within a few feet of were I sat or stood, but point a camera in their direction and poof they were gone. Still I have managed to get a few pics of them . here are a few of my favorites.
The D.C. branch of the well-known Ruby Foo’s chain opened in 1942 at 728 13th Street NW. Ruby Foo Wong (1904–1950) had opened her first Ruby Foo’s Den in Boston in the late 1920s to great acclaim. More sprang up in New York City before Wong’s brother opened the Washington restaurant. More a supper club than just a restaurant, Ruby Foo’s featured dining on the first floor, dancing and entertainment on the second and “exotic” Chinese décor throughout. In 1943, the second floor was remodeled as a Tahitian Room featuring Hawaiian dancers and jungle greenery. The restaurant suffered a setback in 1950, when cases of colorful Ruby Foo’s matchbooks like this one caught fire in the rear, starting a blaze that resulted in injuries to 13 firemen. The club closed in the late 1950s.
Morning twilight @ Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. I was hoping for a nice colorful sunrise. I got your typical Pacific Northwest gloomy morning (which I still love). I wish I lived closer to these beaches. I'd never get bored shooting here.
Wet from a heavy downpour of rain, this little hummingbird preens and tries to dry during the tailing drizzle of the passing shower. Every activity of a hummingbird seems to be done frenetically, contradictory to the peaceful sound of rain as a backdrop.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feeding during a summer rain shower, the male feeds first.
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Ruby Falls, located 1,120 feet underground inside Lookout Mountain with a height of 145 feet, is one of the tallest underground waterfalls in the world.
The falls were discovered by Leo Lambert in 1928 and named them after his wife, Ruby. Earlier this year, the cave was closed for 3 days after heavy rainfall flooded a portion of the caves.
If you haven't visited here, you need it. It's quite the experience.
Another Ruby-throated shot from my backyard during the week. Ended up chopping out most of the flower in this image but I loved this pose too much not to process it. This image was shot in natural lighting. So far this year, the males have been MUCH more tolerate of me then the females have.
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The Ruby Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew, Bureau of Land Management, were assigned to several large fires across the country in 2020. Photo by BLM
Notice the spider web (or is it a sticky situation) streaming from the beak of this female Ruby-throated hummingbird to the lily's stigma. They use spider web as "glue" to hold their nesting material together.
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete, it is an immense sensibility, a kind of spider web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue". ~Henry James
Cool Facts From: www.hummingbirds.net
The walnut-sized nest, built by the female, is constructed on a foundation of bud scales attached to a tree limb with spider silk; lichens camouflage the outside, and the inside is lined with dandelion, cattail, or thistle down. The nest will stretch to contain the growing nestlings, and may sometimes be reused (rebuilt) the following year.
In the Northeast, our only breeding hummingbird is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Their nest is hard to find (it's a little bigger than a quarter), but is a sight to behold, made entirely of spiderweb encrusted with flakes of lichen -- a masterpiece of engineering and design! For safety from predators, they seem to favor building their nests on branches overhanging water.
Credit: Michael Schramm/USFWS
Ruby Crowned Kinglet. Scientific name: Regulus calendula
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Kinglets are tiny insectivores that actively forage for insect and spider eggs on the undersides of foliage. They weigh less than an ounce and are among the smallest of songbirds. They often hover in front of a branch, gleaning food from its tips and undersides. Kinglets often flick their wings as they move about.
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Another trip back to Aug 2015 and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in my garden. Late Aug and early Sept this year seemed to be the best time to capture them. This series is from one or two days in late Aug.
You rarely see the "ruby" color on their little heads, so I was tickled when I got a tiny glimpse of that on this Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Look very closely.
FOV: 6" wide.
This experiment was an attempt to recreate the fluorescence of chromium activated corundum (aka 'ruby'). Aluminum hydroxide was mixed with 1-4 drops of Cr(III) oxide in a basic solution. This was placed on a small amount of aluminum sulfate in an aluminum foil container and a bit of water was added.
The sample was then heated, first with a propane torch until the water was removed and then with a MAPP gas torch until the aluminum sulfate expanded into foam, trapping the aluminum hydroxide which was calcined into aluminum oxide by the torch's flame. (at least that was the plan)
Shown also is a natural ruby from Mysore, India.
See ruby excitation spectrum here (0.03% Cr):
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Contains:
Ruby (FL Red >GR,BL/UVa)
Ruby Foam (FL Red >GR,BL/UVabc)
Shown under UVb light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
BL = 450nm, GR = 532nm
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
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