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Fall is in the air - rainy and cool. We still had two hummingbirds in our backyard yesterday. Hope they head south soon!
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Cedar Creek flows to the Pacific at log strewn Ruby Beach in Olympic NP. The sun had already fallen below the horizon when I arrived, but luckily the sunset light had not entirely dissipated.
No new Warbler shots today. Here is a Ruby-throated Hummingbird taken two weeks ago. Thanks to Peter Stahl for this opportunity.
We don't see a lot of Humminbirds here.
Isle Lake, Parkland County, Alberta.
Got out early this morning in an effort to beat the heat with hopes of getting a look at the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feeding on the Coral Bean. While the opportunities were few, this one worked out rather well for me.
ᴿᵘᵇʸ'ˢ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ ᵃⁱⁿ'ᵗ ᵇᵉᵃᵗⁱⁿ'
'ᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ˢʰᵉ ᵏⁿᵒʷˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵉᵉˡⁱⁿ' ⁱˢ ᵍᵒⁿᵉ
ˢʰᵉ'ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵒⁿᵉ ʷʰᵒ ᵏⁿᵉʷ ᵗʰᵃᵗ
ᵀʰᵉʳᵉ'ˢ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗʰⁱⁿ' ʷʳᵒⁿᵍ
ᴴᵉʳ ˡᵒᵛᵉʳ'ˢ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈⁱˢᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ
ᴬˢ ˢʰᵉ ʷⁱᵖᵉˢ ᵃ ᵗᵉᵃʳ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ʰᵉʳ ᵉʸᵉ
ᴿᵘᵇʸ'ˢ ᶠᵃᵈⁱⁿ' ᵒᵘᵗ, ˢʰᵉ ᵈⁱˢᵃᵖᵖᵉᵃʳˢ
ᴵᵗ'ˢ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ, ᵗⁱᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢᵃʸ ᵍᵒᵒᵈᵇʸᵉ
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I spotted this Ruby-crowned Kinglet hunting through this bush which was suddenly invaded by several Bushtits. The Kinglet was not impressed!
While walking around Airlie this morning, I passed this little bird hopping around near my feet on a pathway. I was absolutely thrilled to see this beautiful Ruby-crowned Kinglet! While I got low to the ground, he kept hopping towards me and at times, too close to focus! I like this shot because it displays his "crown", is in decent light and the snow adds something too!
Ruby-throated humming birds are so beautiful, even the females. The male pretty much does nothing to contribute to nesting season. The female will build the nest, lay the eggs, incubate, feed and raise the young until they fledge. Its quite the challenge.
This little chick is days away from fledging,
Canon R5m2 + 600mm F/4
As the new year approaches, I thought it would be time for another forced perspective shot of Ruby, my 1/18th scale model 1930 Alfa Romeo parked by the bird pond in our retirement village. She will be 95 years old in the new year - older than most of the residents in the retirement village here!
Ruby looks great from any angle, but the rear view highlights many little details including the instruments on the dashboard which feature real metal chromed surrounds and actual glass faces over the dials. Those wonderful spoke wheels are all removable by undoing the spinner lock. She has real rubber Pirelli branded tyres (tires), and they even feature an air valve - a tiny detail I have not found on many of my other model cars of this scale.
What really stands out for me is the fact that back then (the 1930s) they had the wisdom to include two spare wheels. I know roads would have been rougher back then and tyre quality would not have been as good as today's modern tyres, but it is a stark reminder that these days we are lucky if we get any spare wheel at all. You might get a space saver if you are lucky - most of which can only be used on the rear - but the current trend is to give you a can of spray (useless if you get a gash in the sidewall of the tyre). All so they can save weight to meet fuel efficiency standards.
Most people are probably lucky enough to go through their motoring lives without ever having a puncture, but somehow, I have managed to have at least 50 since I started driving 45 years ago. Give me a full size spare tyre any day. Space savers and repair kits are only good for around 80km before you must find a dealer and have the tyre properly repaired. Fine if you live in a city and are near dealers who can help, but hopeless for rural folks who may be a long way from any tyre retailer or may be on an overnight journey.
The moral of the story from car manufacturers (and government regulators) today is - "please get a flat tyre in cities or towns only, and preferably during business hours.....we have graciously included this advice for your convenience!"
End of rant - I feel better now! ; )
The other day while taking photos, I observed two hummingbirds chasing each other around the yard. Several times one of them had stopped no more than five feet in front of me and hovered for a few seconds before continuing on its way. As if taunting me, they just hung there until I began to bring the camera up, then they flew off. <a href="https://corey-bourassa-photos.squarespace.com/journal/2016/9/9/ruby-throated-hummingbirds">Read more ...</a>
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Ruby throated hummingbird, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 29, 2023.
We have had a dozen, or more, hummers in the yard harassing each other.
This one was gauging two feeders so he was busy.
Archilochus colubris.
Make sugar water mixtures with about one-quarter cup of sugar per cup of water. Food coloring is unnecessary; table sugar is the best choice. Change the water before it grows cloudy or discolored and remember that during hot weather, sugar water ferments rapidly to produce toxic alcohol.
source -Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun, then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird hovering. Taken in Lachine, Montreal
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Kinglets are possibly my favorite little bird to take pictures of, because they tend to give lots of chances, but move around enough to keep it challenging.
Hawks Prairie Reclaimed Water Ponds (Lacey, WA)
For Smile on Saturday - What's in a name....
This is my Mum, always known as Ruby though it was in fact her middle name. The name Ruby simply means the gemstone ruby, and also pictured is her mother's engagement ring which is set with three rubies. My middle name is also Ruby... I hated the name when I was a child, it felt very old fashioned, but now it’s cool again and I love it. And it’s nice to have that connection with my Mum.
This is especially poignant as today is the second anniversary of her funeral. Her birth month is August too, she was was nearly 92 when she died, an amazing achievement when you know that she was such a tiny baby she wasn’t expected to survive.
HSoS 😊