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A female Ruby Throated Hummingbird at my back yard feeder . This appears to be a female but there is also a very camera shy male.
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I first photographed Ruby as a newborn but she is now 10 months old and dressed in her holiday best! She just gets prettier and prettier! IMG_5006
Ruby's Redondo Beach closed on Sept 8, this was a farewell cruise. This cruise was usually Fridays and lasted 17yrs.
September 16, 2007. Ruby-throated hummingbird at a distance of 12 feet with a 200mm Mamiya-Sekor M-thread lens on a Pentax istDS DSLR, handheld. ISO setting was 800, shutter-priority autoexposure. Time of day was about 11 a.m.
The cutout metal bird is 4 inches tall and 6 inches wide, so this little guy is about 3-plus inches from tip of beak to tip of tail.
Ruby in her prom dress. Photos taken in Downtown Spartanburg, Hatcher Gardens, and at a neighbor's private garden.
A male ruby-throated hummingbird sips nectar from a common milkweed flower. Credit: Debbie Koenigs/USFWS
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.
Ruby in her prom dress. Photos taken in Downtown Spartanburg, Hatcher Gardens, and at a neighbor's private garden.
Had Ruby back at the Vets today to check on her progress, and everything seems fine. She shows no signs of tenderness to her bladder, and her temperature is normal. She is eating and drinking OK, and after yesterday's antics in the snow, she is definitely feeling better. She is to continue with the antibiotics, and the Vet doesn't want to see her for 3 weeks, when her blood tests will be repeated.
Looking Good!
Ruby - a Blue and White China Pottery Shard Necklace by PolishedTwo
This is an 16.25" (41 cm) red "mountain jade" beaded necklace with a Ming/Ching Dynasty pottery shard pendant featuring a blue and white Asian-style floral illustration. The pottery shard is a painted porcelain piece that looks like ancient, broken China and is set in a silver plated brass bezel.
Near the Colorado state line, the ex-DRGW main joins the Colorado River in Ruby Canyon, following the river from there almost to its source in the Rockies. Some sandstone formations are glimpsed here from the California Zephyr as it makes its daily run eastward through the canyon.
A (female, juvenile?) ruby-throated hummingbird sitting on her amazingly well-constructed nest. The tree was blowing around in the wind, but the nest (and bird) didn't move. The dark blotches under her beak reflected ruby-red from certain directions, but not in this picture, unfortunately.