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ruby-throated hummingbird

  1. Pollen Head

    Pollen Head

    Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird Females seem to be quite active the last few days so expect more ;)
  2. Just a Wave

    Just a Wave

    Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  3. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, female

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird, female

    I'm thinking that the small amount of white on top of this bird could be a young one?
  4. A female this time

    A female this time

    Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  5. A fly by

    A fly by

    Male, Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I've been practicing trying to get them in flight
  6. A Preening Beauty

    A Preening Beauty

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  7. A Pop-up

    A Pop-up

    Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird He had flown into the bush minutes before so I was just hoping he would pop up and he did :)
  8. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) female.
  9. Ruby-throated hummingbird

    Ruby-throated hummingbird

    I spent several fasinating hours watching this bird and others feed while snapping many images. It was tough to pick just one.....
  10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) female.
  11. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (female & male).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (female & male).jpg

    Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) female and male having a face-off.
  12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    This species was greatly outnumbered by Black-chinned Hummingbirds on our visit to the Texas Hill Country. Here they are uncommon spring migrants but more common in Fall. Females of the two are difficult to distinguish, but adult males such as this are relatively easy. Notice the black chin...
  13. My favorite jewel

    My favorite jewel

    Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  14. Ruby-throated hummingbird

    Ruby-throated hummingbird

    Eastern North America's only breeding hummingbird - though down here in south Florida, they only visit in non-breeding season mostly in the summer before buzzing off to Central America in fall
  15. Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

    Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

    One of the last Ruby throated Hummingbirds I saw pass through my area last October. Not only was this the first year hummers visited my yard in numbers, once they found the Bottlebrush plants and I put out a sugar water feeder, they came in waves. This one (female, I think) spent her time...
  16. Hummingbird

    Hummingbird

    Ruby Throated Hummer, male, taken in early September. This year was the first in many that hummingbirds visited my back yard in any number.
  17. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    A late Ruby-throated Hummingbird stopped in our garden for some R&R on its migration south, on 8th November. Fortunately we still had lots of scarlet sage plants in flower and a hummingbird feeder, but it didn't go to the feeder at all.
  18. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

  19. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

    Finishing off some sugarwater!
  20. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

  21. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Migration time, so a few more visitors are stopping by!
  22. Perfect  Posture

    Perfect Posture

    Looking mighty proud of itself
  23. Another checker outer ;)

    Another checker outer ;)

  24. The Joys after a Rain Shower

    The Joys after a Rain Shower

    The Hummers were sipping the rain droplets off the leaves ;)
  25. On the watch

    On the watch

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