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(Regulus calendula) -- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
A tiny bird seemingly overflowing with energy, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet forages almost frantically through lower branches of shrubs and trees. Its habit of constantly flicking its wings is a key identification clue. Smaller than a warbler or chickadee, this plain green-gray bird has a white eyering and a white bar on the wing. Alas, the male’s brilliant ruby crown patch usually stays hidden—your best chance to see it is to find an excited male singing in spring or summer.
Read more at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/overview
Hundreds of kinds of hummingbirds nest in the American tropics, and more than a dozen in the western U.S., but east of the Great Plains there is only the Ruby-throat. There it is fairly common in summer in open woods and gardens. 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.
The Mexican petunia, a decorative and introduced plant in the USA, attracts the hummingbirds that visit my yard.
La petunia mexicana, una planta decorativa en EEUU e introducida, atrae los colibries que visitan mi patio.
For 121 pictures in 2021 #80 "Ruby red", this is a closeup of an amaryllis that started blooming a couple of days ago.
Ruby-throated hummingbird female
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
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Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.
I noticed this little jewel when I was walking on a deer trail and scouting for pictures. It was glowing and hard to miss. I bent way down crouched on my knees and hoped it would come out. Not as steady as I use to be. (Thank God for 'live view') The light was perfect!
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Stopped just long enough for me to snap quickly whilst she cleaned her antennae!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
A Ruby-tailed Wasp having a wash on our garden shed (close to the bee-hotel). He was distracted and let me get close enough for several shots at x2.
This youngster hovered for a momment just to see what all of the clicking was about. He gave me a few good shots. 😊
Lowell Township, Michigan US
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Finally caught a male ruby-throat hummingbird with his colorful ruby throat in full display.
Also he was not on a feeder so that was a bonus.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas during summer 2020
I so enjoyed finding a new place to go and experience the magic of being in the forest yesterday. Sauvie Island's Wapato Access Greenland was over 3 miles of great woodland trail with lots of small winter birds.
providence, ri
entranced by a swarm of gnats, totally ignored me. no bigger than my thumb but so close i was bumping the focus stop. in a group of three. no crowns on display.
Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and tree swifts, around 42 million years ago. The common ancestor of extant hummingbirds is estimated to have lived 22 million years in South America. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans.
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The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a small, migratory bird common in eastern North America, known for the male's vibrant ruby-red throat (gorget) and rapid wing beats that produce a humming sound. These birds migrate between breeding grounds in eastern North America and wintering grounds in Mexico, Central America, and Florida. They feed on nectar from tubular flowers and insects, and are important pollinators.