Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
By far the most common hummingbird found east of the Mississippi River is the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. Winters find these birds in Central America, southern Mexico, and Florida. Come spring, they move north into most of eastern North America as far as southern Canada. This is the largest range of any hummingbird.
Modern science views this bird as monotypic (i.e. there are no subspecies).
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds are closely related to Black-Chinned Hummingbirds. They can be difficult to identify where their ranges overlap. The gorget color differs in the male birds, but the differences in the females are not as obvious.
Until recently, my only meetings with Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds had been in south Texas. During Spring and Fall Migrations, it appeared to me that the sexes migrated at different times. Some days on South Padre Island (Texas) there were more boys than girls, and other days the girls outnumbered the boys. In 2023, I traveled to Onterio Canada and enjoyed their company near Lake Huron.
41 Photos
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:00 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D500587-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:06 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D500781-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:06 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D500783-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:40 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501279-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:42 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501339-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501386-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501402-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501404-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501410-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501424-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:43 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501427-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I drove to Port Isabel from Brownsville on an errand, then I scouted the neighborhood and roadsides for birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:06 9:45 |
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Location:
Various Locations |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D501493-PortIsabel-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 11:07 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D502684-Breeze-Lake-TX-1 |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 11:08 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D502701-Breeze-Lake-TX-1 |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:18 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503389-Breeze-Lake-TX-1 |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:20 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503434-Breeze-Lake-TX-1 |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Texans love seeing Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds when they migrate through. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 10:11 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X7266-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Texans love seeing Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds when they migrate through. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 10:11 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X7270-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Texans love seeing Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds when they migrate through. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 14:21 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X7854-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: This bird could well be a Black-Chinned Hummingbird. They are very difficult to differentiate in the field. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:04 11:58 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X1148-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: When I first arrived in camp there were many male Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds, but after a few weeks they disappeard, leaving only the girls. Migration is their only business expected here in south Texas. These birds enjoyed drinking nectar from the hummingbird feeders. The camp where I spent April in Brownsville, Texas has a "Reseca" or Oxbow lake on its border, Several feeder stations, with tall trees and grassy areas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:25 18:33 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D507683-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:20 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503435-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds pass through south Texas, but move north, as far as New England to breed. My second full day on South Padre Island, Texas was less birdy than my first day, but still I met some great birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:02 14:51 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D502677-South-Padre |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I had been neglecting Hummingbirds during this migration, but took some time to capture their images this afternoon. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 16:54 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X0080SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I had been neglecting Hummingbirds during this migration, but took some time to capture their images this afternoon. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 17:08 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1500 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X0141SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I had been neglecting Hummingbirds during this migration, but took some time to capture their images this afternoon. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 17:12 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1500 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X0202SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I had been neglecting Hummingbirds during this migration, but took some time to capture their images this afternoon. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 17:17 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X0265SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I had been neglecting Hummingbirds during this migration, but took some time to capture their images this afternoon. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 17:23 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/750 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X0343SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: There were feeders hanging in many places around the grounds, but sometimes a real flower is just the ticket. The National Butterfly Center held a “Big Sit” event on Sunday. They invited me to join the team, and in between shifts, I walked the grounds in search of photo opportunities. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:25 10:27 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X1451-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Texans love seeing Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds when they migrate through. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 10:18 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X7394-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: This unusual leucistic hummingbird stood out among its many peers here. Tuesday night’s winds at South Padre Island (Texas) did not produce the big warbler fallout we hoped for at the Convention Center. Still, there were several birding surprises in store for those of us who showed up to find birds. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:05 15:15 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/350 |
File Name: RubyThroatedLeucisticHummingbird_D5X6473_SPI-ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds migrate though south Texas, and the National Butterfly Center puts up feeders for their sugary jet-fuel needs. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:24 17:48 |
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Location:
National Butterfly Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_8505959-NationalButterflyCenter |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds I met at the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands seemed to be far outnumbered by the Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds in the flower gardens. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:19 14:21 |
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Location:
Edinburg Scenic Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_8504731-EdinburgScenicWetlands |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds visiting South Padre Island this September would probably end up in southern Mexico and Central America to spend their winter. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:11 12:50 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_8501310-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
Date Taken: 2022:09:11 12:39 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_8501280-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 11:07 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D502684-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:18 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503389-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:20 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503435-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: I don't believe Ruby-Throats breed in this part of Texas, so these birds would be migrating north (and east). I found these birds at a well stocked feeder in camp where I stayed in Brownsville Texas. |
Date Taken: 2020:04:17 16:20 |
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Location:
Breeze Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_D503434-Breeze-Lake-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Driving north a week earlier to Tiny Beaches on Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay, on the recommendation of a friend, I stopped for a half-hour visit to McKinnon Road. Eager to reach my destination, I left knowing there was more to see than I had time for. On my return to southern Ontario, I spent a whole day, and still I knew there was more to see. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:25 11:28 |
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Location:
Minesing Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_Z9X1603_MinesingWetlands-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird(Archilochus colubris) |
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Description: Driving north a week earlier to Tiny Beaches on Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay, on the recommendation of a friend, I stopped for a half-hour visit to McKinnon Road. Eager to reach my destination, I left knowing there was more to see than I had time for. On my return to southern Ontario, I spent a whole day, and still I knew there was more to see. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:25 10:45 |
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Location:
Minesing Wetlands |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: RubyThroatedHummingbird_Z9X1252_MinesingWetlands-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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