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Verneuil Ruby on background of Canadian Nephrite Jade
Ruby has a Moh's hardness--scratch resistance of 9
Nephrite Jade has a Moh's hardness of 6.5 but Jade is way tougher than Ruby or Diamond because of it's interlocking crystal growth. That's the difference between scratch resistance vs toughness.
Jeremiah 15:19-21)
Isaiah 57:15)
Isaiah 66:1,2)
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 1 Chronicles 29:11)
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Jeremiah 23:22, 28-29)
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Gen 1:14) Isa 8:18) Hebrews 2:13,14)John chp 17)
Hebrews 12:22-24)
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 2020.
Such gorgeous colour on the throat.
Archilochus colubris
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird beats its wings about 53 times a second.
source - www.allaboutbirds.org/gui…/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird
Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends. This year I am going to make a concerted effort to comment and post more photos. Look forward to seeing what y'all are doing.
Date: November 3, 2021
Location: Masonville Cove - Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore City)
Curtis Bay
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NOTE: Masonville Cove is the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership, home to a green building nature center and beautiful waterfront public trails.
I've been looking for a hummingbird nest for many years with no success. A big thank you to Dan Keener for pointing this nest out to me.
Wikipedia: The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 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 the most common hummingbird in eastern North America, having population estimates of about 35 million in 2021.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Photographed in the backyard setup.
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This very small bird is a winter visitor to my feeders the last few years and is a delight to watch. Only the Ruby Throat Hummingbirds are smaller of the birds that visit my area.
Oh my goodness! This is a lifer for my yard birds. I've only seen one other bird of this species, and only got one shot of it (Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive 2016). This was in the front yard, in God's garden, playing in the sprinklers on the Simpson's Stopper bush. Am I blessed or what! Thank You, Jesus.
This is such a great bird for me (practically homebound). This is at the same time as the Orange-crowned Warbler! Isn't that just something!
Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.
In the Central Oklahoma Cross Timbers, a ruby-crowned kinglet flitted among leafless oaks and redbuds, his olive-gray feathers blending with the winter drab. March’s first warmth stirred the air, signaling time to prepare for the northward trek.
All winter, he’d foraged tirelessly—tiny wings flitting incessantly as he gleaned spiders and dormant insects from bark, his slight frame belying fierce tenacity. The ruby crown, usually hidden, flared briefly when a chickadee darted too close, a flying jewel against the brown landscape.
He’d weathered ice storms, huddling in cedar boughs, and now his restless flight quickened. With a high, thin see-see-see, he tested the breeze, instincts pulling him toward Canada’s spruce forests. One dawn, as redbuds hinted at bloom, he gorged on leftover berries, fueling up for the 1,500-mile journey.
At dusk, he launched skyward, a speck against the fading light, navigating across the starlit Great Plains. Ahead lay breeding grounds, mates, and summer songs—a promise worth the perilous journey. Oklahoma faded below, and his winter refuge was now just a memory.
Female. I only saw the female Ruby-throated Hummingbird today. I purposely shot this a little slower today cause I wanted to try and get the wings to disappear from their motion, but still get a sharp head. This was at 1/1600 sec. I would usually shoot at least 1/3200 sec. Plus it was very dark where I photographed. Fortunately she appears in the sun briefly.
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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Ruby-throated hummingbirds, Rondeau provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, July 12, 2019.
Put out a oriole feeder and had 7 hummingbirds on it in minutes.
Then hung up the hummingbird feeder and had 5 more.
We have had as many as 30 in the yard at one time, but that's mid August.
Archilochus colubris
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds prefer to feed on red or orange flowers (though it's not necessary to color the sugar water you put in a hummingbird feeder). Like many birds, hummingbirds have good color vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which humans can’t see.
Olympic NP
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