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We spotted this ruby-throated hummingbird taking a break in a tree while keeping close watch on a nearby hummingbird feeder.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
MOC: Ruby Roadster. The rear end reminds me of something British - and those new brackets are really useful as licence plate holders.
A male ruby-throated hummingbird shows his vibrant red throat and tongue while perched at a feeder.
It's always eventful around the hummingbird feeders. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are working on bulking up for their long journey to overwintering grounds in Central America.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
Ruby beach. I think one of the most beautiful beaches in Washington. I got here and it was cold, windy, raining hard- not a photographers dream neccasarily. I wasn't satisfied with most of the pictures i took that day. I failed to take a garbage bag or something to protect my camera, so I was using my rain jacket to protect my camera and I got soaked. Most of the images I got were dark and dreary and didn't feel great about them. I just recently put a few of them through HDR treatment and I think it turned out great. It really reflects what I was going through trying to take these pictures.
Film star Ruby Keeler (42nd Street) signs an autograph. One of the last photos ever taken of Ruby Keeler, who died a little over two years later, in February 1993.
Photo taken at Cinecon 26, 1990 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can
Ruby Falls is a lovely waterfall as a whole, but when you really check out the details of it, it's pretty much amazing.
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I made a spur of the moment decision to head up to Mt Rainier on Saturday, the weather was nice and with the late snowmelt I figured there might be some nice wildflowers to shoot. The problem was once I got to the gate, I handed the ranger my pass who smiled and said, "It's a free weekend so you can just hang onto that."
Groaning to myself, I made my way up to Paradise. Every trailhead I passed was overflowing with vehicles - this was a bad sign and I knew it. Paradise was a joke. The parking lots were completely full with many people driving around, cars were parked well into the Valley.
Heres the thing; being around hoards of people makes me incredibly anxious. Especially if I'm taking photos because I'm sure I look stupid doing it and I'm afraid I'll get in someones way. I know Paradise is not the place to go for solitude on any given day but this was madness. At one point I looked across the valley back up at Paradise, and it looked as if there were a ton of little ants crawling all over the trails.
I decided to spend some time on the Paradise River instead of hiking. These were places that I'd stop at while hiking long the Lakes Trail, or on the way home but never spending more then a few minutes with.
I ended up have a fairly peaceful day, my shooting only being interrupted once. No, I didn't get any hiking in, nor any wildflower shots, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Wednesday.
Ruby Tuesday (closed) [5,067 square feet]
1135 Broad Street, Wesmark Plaza, Sumter, SC
This location opened on June 29th, 1998 and closed in March 2020.
Spent a bit of time with my girl Ruby, Ruby beach that is. Dene was a sweetheart and stayed another evening before her long drive home so we could splash around in Ruby's puddles. The light just barely did a show for us well after sunset.
Ruby Beach
Washington's Coast
The first white man to enter Ruby Valley was Jedediah Smith when he crossed the southern end of the valley in 1827 while traveling from California to the Great Salt Lake.
Next, in 1846, the ill-fated Donner party traveled down Ruby Valley into White Pine County while searching for the Hastings cut-off and lost several precious days here before being caught in the unseasonable early snowstorms on what is now Donner Pass.
I'm having a hard time getting a good clear shot of this hyper little fellow....He's got a ruby crest that he raises in excitement, which is barely visible in this photo.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds can be found in woodlands throughout much of the eastern half of the U.S. in the summer. These birds rely on nectar and insects, sometimes pulling prey from spider webs!
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
I think Ruby's as photogenic as Jo.
Early-morning photowalk today :)
It'd been ages since I've gone out an shot when I've spent the weekend in town. hmmm... possibly because it's been ages since i've spend a weekend in town?
So I don't HATE the 85 1.4.... sure does it's job as a full length portrait lens... but I still have to work hard to get the contrast I like, and to avoid overexposing
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male, 8/31/2022, The Landings Sparrow Field “Pollinator Garden Berm”, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga
Ruby Keeler. Photo taken at Cinecon 26, 1990 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can
As with all hummingbirds, this species belongs to the family Trochilidae and is currently included in the order Apodiformes. This small animal is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.
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 white 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. During migration, some birds embark on a nonstop 600 mile journey across the Gulf of Mexico from Panama to Florida. The bird breeds throughout the eastern United States, east of the 100th meridian, and in southern Canada, particularly Ontario, 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 by 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.
We've been seeing a ton of ruby-throated hummingbird activity lately. Watch for these tiny, active birds zipping around and guarding food sources.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
(ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS)-FIELD MARKS-metallic green above adult male has brilliant red throat, black chin, whitish underparts, dusky green sides- female has whitish throat;grayish below,buffy wash on sides.
My old loan horse ruby red. Ruby is a stunning 16.1hh 23 year old chestnut TBXID mare. I loan her for 6 great months. In 2011 from the 4th of December till the 7th of June 2012. She taught me everything and for that I am extremely grateful.
Tugboat Ruby M upbound on the Hudson River near Newburgh, NY
Built in 1967, by Jakobson Shipyard of Oyster Bay, New York (hull #433) as the Texaco Fire Chief for Texaco Marine.
The tug was later acquired by Dann Ocean Towing of Miami, Florida where she was renamed as the Ruby M.
She is a model bow, twin screw ABS Maltese Cross A-1 Towing Service; Maltese Cross AMS certified tug. Powered by two Caterpillar D-398 TA diesel main engines with Caterpillar reduction gears turning via 7(in) shafts two 96(in) diameter by 60(in) fixed pitch propellers.
Her electrical service is provided by two Caterpillar generators one 40 kw and one 60 kw. The tug's capacities are 32,000 gallons of fuel oil, 100 gallons of hydraulic oil, 500 gallons of lube oil, 3,000 gallons potable water.
The towing gear consists of 1,200(ft) of 8(in) hawser.
Vessel Name: RUBY M.
USCG Doc. No.: 510832
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 6804484
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WCX3165
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 433
Ship Builder: JAKOBSON SHIPYARD, INC.
Year Built: 1967
Length: 95
Hailing Port: MIAMI, FL.
Hull Depth: 13.3
Hull Breadth: 28.3
Gross Tonnage: 197
Net Tonnage: 134
Owner:
TUG RUBY M INC
3670 S WESTSHORE BLVD
TAMPA, FL 33629
Previous Vessel Names:
TEXACO FIRE CHIEF
Previous Vessel Owners:
Texaco Marine