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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!

Hummer feeding on the last "pretty" Bee Balm Bloom in our backyard garden.

Saul Lake Bog Nature Preserve

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Juv.?). A first one for me.

Yard bird

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 remember how excited I was the first time I saw the Ruby-crowned Kinglet in my bird bath earlier this year. It was so skittish and took me a long time before I got a photo. This little one has become so comfortable with the amenities in my yard, he/she has been willing to pose for some photos today. I am so happy to welcome a new regular to my yard. BUT, the other regular Cooper's Hawk came for a visit today, too. I don't think it got anything, but you know...

Photographing these guys can be exhausting but rewarding when you can catch one.

Richmond BC.

Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the Beaver Pond in Kanata. Friday April 21 2023.

on the zinnias last year. It's cloudy today so I am going through the archives.

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Paradise Creek, Mount Raininer.

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.

I believe this is an Ox-eye flower.

Wood Lake Nature Center

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 Hummingbird

Found in the ghost town of Ruby City near Loomis in Okanogan County, Washington.

www.ghosttownsusa.com/ruby2.htm

What can I tell ya.... I'm obsessed with hummingbirds! I've been anxiously waiting for them to show up this season, but in New Jersey, it's a rare find so far. I shot this ruby throated hummer last year and popped him on the blue-eyed grass shot I took two days ago. Hummingbirds are my all time favorite subject to photograph, probably because they're rare AND hard to capture...

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One of the beaches we visited on the Pacific side of Olympic National Park is Ruby Beach. This was a beautiful beach with a ton of driftwood, cool rock formations, beautiful greenery, crashing waves and way too many people for my taste. I managed to get some photos without any people in them somehow. I spent a lot of time experimenting with different types of shots and subjects near and far at this location. I am going to post a few photos of this location and then a few more tomorrow. When we first arrived it was pretty overcast but the sun did come out for some of the time which really helped liven up the landscapes.

Tidnish Crossroads,

Cumberland County,

Nova Scotia.

August 19, 2024

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Smith Point, Texas-1551

First shot of the season.

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

John Heinz NWR

The purple bean flowers are now in bloom and the hummingbirds like to perform their magically ballet in extracting nectar from these tiny flowers.

Have a great week my friends. Stay safe. Ruby Throat immature male shown dancing here. ~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs

A male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird on one of it's perches stretching it's feathers.

A male Ruby-tailed Wasp. This is a composite of several images; combined using Zerene Stacker. Haven't seen many of these in the garden this year.

Ruby-tailed wasps are cuckoo wasps. The females lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary bee and wasp species.

Ruby Beach, Washington

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Checking out nooks and crannies in a fence post! They move so fast, and rarely pause for long!

Lyth Hill - Shropshire

Ruby throated hummingbird

Photo made on Ruby Beach at Olympic Peninsula. A spectacular scenery. I've got there before the sunset which was amazing. This particular photo was made just when I got to the shore. The low tide and the ever changing light was providing wonderful and interesting shapes and transforming frames of visions. The trail is very light and the logs barrier are not challenging to go through. Loved every second at this bit of our Earth. Foto feita em Ruby Beach na Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA. Tive muita sorte de presenciar e registrar um pôr de sol magnífico e com a maré baixa pude fotografar bem destacados os stacks, (ilhas na beira mar).

Catching the Northern Michigan afternoon sun on the last day of August, looks to be snoozing, but just caught a quick blink.

Crosby Farm Park, St. Paul MN

Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park

Washington

This sunset was taken at Ruby Beach, part of a set of beaches that are within Olympic National Park. The rock outcroppings and sea stacks are unique to each area of the coast. By choosing different tides and times of years, opportunities for composition at these ocean sites are unlimited!

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.

We were birding out in the Cross Timber oaks when this little male flew in and landed in front of us. Sat there preening for several minutes. Unfortunately, the sun was at his back, so we didn't get to see that beautiful ruby-colored throat.

Our beautiful world, pass it on.