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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.
This is a female ruby-throated hummingbird that I shot at my parents' house in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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.
I heard this little one before I spotted him bouncing around the bushes on the banks of Fishtrap Creek. So quick to move.
Poses
Ruby Poses - I Dont Wanna Adult Toda
Poses Inklusiv Street, Grass, and Hopscotch also Bike and puppies
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Rondeau Provincial Park, July 1, 2023.
We seem to have had a fledge of hummers. We can't keep track but I think we have 7 or 8 coming to the feeders.
Archilochus colubris.
The oldest known Ruby-throated Hummingbird was a female, and at least 9 years, 2 months old when she was recaptured and rereleased in 2014 during banding operations in West Virginia.
source -Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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
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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.
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.
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!
Another view of Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. I tried to choose the point of view so that the sun, which only sometimes broke through the fog, is reflected exactly in the puddle in front.
Ruby Beach has beautiful rocks and an enormous amount of driftwood. The sand on the beach contains ruby-like crystals, hence the name.
Morning fog hovers over Lake Irwin as the peaks of the Ruby Range reflect in its waters during a glorious sunrise. I captured this near Crested Butte, Colorado a couple of weeks ago.
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 is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.
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.