Yard bird

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.

Witnessing the magic of golden hour at one of the Pacific Northwest’s most breathtaking beaches was just stunning.

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

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Ruby Throated Hummingbird photographed in Lachine, Montreal

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Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Holga

Regulus calendula.

Fort Washington S.P. , Pa.

Lifer for me!

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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.

With Salvia

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

www.ghosttownsusa.com/ruby2.htm

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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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.

Ruby Male Wide Shot

Olympic NP

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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.

Lowell, MI.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird perching momentarily for it portrait shoot...

Ardenwood Historic Farm

Fremont, CA

Thanks for your visit, faves and/or comments.

First shot of the season.

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

Johnny Jones

fell fast asleep

Down a hole

where the rocks are steep

Ran across two pairs of kinglets this morning and got several good shots of this bird. Never got a usable shot of their other. That's why I shoot away when I get a cooperative model. Our beautiful world, pass it on.

Tamron SP 350mm f5.6 mirror

Took this last month at Ruby Beach. Finally got a bit of a sunset. And yes, this was the actual sky :) sorry Greg oh, this happened Sunday night after you left to meet our girl Lynn. I know this shot could use a little lightening on the left but i was too tired to complete the task and my pool boy was off tonight.

Will be offline for awhile. Hope you all have a fabulous week. Thanks for stopping by :)

Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Test driiving new camera

I was having some fun with these little guys jumping around almost non-stop.

DeBoville Slough, Coquitlam, BC.

Ruby throated hummingbird

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!

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

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