HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| (Male) Those red feathers are not colored red -- but they REFLECT certain lights. | If light does not reflect off of the feathers, you might mistakenly think you have an entirely different hummingbird! |
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| What a tongue -- perfect for sucking in the nectar from flowers (or water from a feeder). | We are lucky to have a friend at Mercer Arboretum who discovered this female building her nest from lichen and moss. That nest is the size of a WALNUT! |
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| Sitting on her wee-small nest. | That's Mamma's beak, coming to feed "junior." |
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| We got this one last shot of "Junior" just moments before he fledged, left the nest!! | (female) |