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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...

Things have been slow in my yard when it comes to hummingbirds! In the last few days I started to see more activity and I am hoping it lasts! I just love these little birds and watching them is pure joy for me!

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

Prize of the day.."Do the Dooooo "another of nature's wonders...this tiny male Ruby- Crowned Kinglet puts on a little show for me and stays still for a MICRO second to allow a photograph....these little birds are more than twitchy...and can migrate to this part of the continent to breed from as far south as Central America and the southern USA. This one seen and photographed in Lanark County, between the cities of Ottawa and Kingston in Eastern Ontario . This male is exhibiting its Ruby coloured crown that it derives its name from...Canon 5d4 and 600 F.4.0 ii =+ 1.4 Tele Extender tripod mounted, ISO 400 i/800th @ F.6.3

Ruby Throated Hummingbird perched on Apple Tree Branch

A male Ruby-throated hummingbird on approach to the Salvia flower, from which he will feed.

Here in the Mid-Atlantic States we really only have one hummingbird; the Ruby-throated. Occasionally, a vagrant Anna's Hummingbird will show up from the West, but this is generally a rare occurrence. Too bad we don't have a greater variety of hummers as they are some of the most beautiful birds on the planet. Guess I will have to make a trip to Costa Rica at some point with the sole purpose of photographing the great number of species down there. Please view large for best experience.

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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.

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.

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Ruby is the executive director's dog at Wright-Locke Farm. She can be shy around people, so I zoomed in from afar for this photo (while shaking a treat bag).

I think this is a Ruby Throated Hummingbird, but I may be wrong. His colors are a little different than pics I found on line of Colorado birds.

He is very small, about 2"-3" long, he landed in a branch just above me and just sat there quietly.

Measurements

Both Sexes

Length: 3.5-4.3 in (9-11 cm)

Weight: 0.2-0.3 oz (5-10 g)

Wingspan: 6.3-7.1 in (16-18 cm)

Ruby-crowned Kinglets in coastal southern Alaska and British Columbia are slightly smaller and darker colored than elsewhere in their range.

Ruby-crowned Kinglets are olive-green birds with a prominent white eye ring and white wingbar. This wingbar contrasts with an adjacent blackish bar in the wing. The “ruby crown” of the male is only occasionally visible.

These are restless, acrobatic birds that move quickly through foliage, typically at lower and middle levels. They flick their wings almost as they go.

These little Birds rarely stop , constantly on the move.

Parker River NW Refuge

Ruby.

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 27, 2021.

Difficult to get a clear image of this bird as it flits around never seeming to stop for longer than a second.

Corthylio calendula

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.

source- Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Longwood Gardens, PA

This little one, and I really mean little one, came totally by surprise to get some food for the night. She is no more than maybe 6 cm, but made my day like she was the biggest star on Earth :)

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.

Photographed in the backyard setup.

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Ruby Beach on the Olympic Peninsula.

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Every January, tiny migrating songbirds forage for insects and seeds around the giant flower spikes of the huge aloe in our front succulent garden They are super-fast, darting and diving, but much fun to see and photograph. Each time is exciting, especially when it is a new one for me. This year's Kinglet is a surprise -- another I have never seen before.

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Fellow photographer enjoying the sunset at Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State.

This little guy was in the middle of an epic kinglet battle when I interrupted and spooked off his enemy. his crown was still showing as he landed on this open perch and had just enough time to catch him before he took off.

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 2/7/25 Backyard

Ruby Beach, Washington

t'was mid september

Young male already getting his ruby throat

Johnny Jones

fell fast asleep

Down a hole

where the rocks are steep

First shot of the season.

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

Princeton, WV

Ruby Throated Hummingbird photographed in Lachine, Montreal

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Juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird flying in the garden. Thanks again.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Brookside Gardens

Wheaton, MD

A ruby‑crowned kinglet may be tiny, but its winter physiology is remarkably engineered for the severe cold that settles over its winter habitat in the Oklahoma Cross Timbers. When Arctic air pushes through the post oaks and blackjacks, the kinglet increases its metabolic rate to one of the highest recorded in any songbird, burning calories at a rapid pace to maintain core temperature. Its contour feathers loft into a dense insulating layer, reducing heat loss.

Throughout the day, it forages almost nonstop, gleaning dormant insects, eggs, and spiders from bark crevices and cedar foliage—micro‑prey that provide the high‑energy intake needed to offset nighttime losses. At dusk, it seeks dense cover in thickets or cedar trees, where the wind chill effect is less.

A master of microhabitats and metabolic precision, thriving in winter’s harshest conditions.

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!