The curved spur on the jewelweed isn't decorative, it's part of a pollen delivery system. More curvature = more contact with the hummingbird's upper bill = more pollen deposited. Evolution acting as engineer. Travers et al. 2003. #NativePlants #RTHU
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering mid-flight at an orange jewelweed flower, wings blurred with motion, surrounded by green foliage and dangling jewelweed blooms.
Jewelweed and hummingbirds: a 20-million-year-old handshake. The flower's spur is sized exactly for that bill, and the pollen lands exactly on that forehead. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Durham, NC.
#BirdOfTheDay #SmallBirdsInFlight #RTHU #NativePlants
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is perched on a red hummingbird feeder in front of an out of focus green background. She has her beak inserted into the yellow flower-like feeding port.
One of our backyard Ruby-throated Hummingbirds from last summer, enjoying a relaxing slurp on a late summer day.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
In a close-cropped image, a little fluffed-up, green-backed hummingbird with a white front holds its beak high as it perches on a feeder.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 8th August 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 35% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 2500
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU
A tiny black-throated hummingbird (its feathers not catching the light from this angle) with a slightly spiky green crest and a black thorn-like bill perches on a nectar feeder.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th April 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/640s, f/14, ISO 500
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is facing to the right and hovering in front of an out of focus green background. Her underside and extended wing feathers are bathed in a pale red light from an unseen feeder.
Memories of last summer, with a Ruby-throated Hummingbird catching some reflected red light from our hummingbird feeder as she approached for a taste.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600
Wings nearly frozen by the camera, a hummingbird hovers above a feeder.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th April 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 1/640s, f/13, ISO 400
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
A few images of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird who is supremely interested in something just below it. (Hint: it was food!)
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600
Wings spread wide & back, a little hummingbird leans back from a feeder.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 30th April 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 637mm, 30% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 1000
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU
A green-backed hummingbird flies among the red flowers of a small shrub, searching for nectar. Being a juvenile or female, this one lacks the red throat.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th July 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 50% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 12800
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU #Hummingbirds
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is perched on a red hummingbird feeder in front of an out of focus green background. It's thin tongue is stuck out in front of its beak a tiny bit.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird stopping at our feeder to refuel, and showing me what she thinks about having her picture taken.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600
Ruby-throated hummingbird mid flight with its beak searching for goodies in the pit of a purple flower
Ruby-throated Hummingbird on a hot summer day
#hummingbird #birds #rthu
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background. It's long, thin tongue is stuck out in front of its beak.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird showing us her impressively long tongue.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
Classic Ruby-throated Hummingbird pose.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering in front of an out of focus green background. There is a single strand of spider silk stretching from the top of its head to the tip of its beak.
I finally got a few decent photos of this year's Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Here's a lovely female sporting a fashionable strand of spider silk on her head.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2025
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering with its beak inserted into a small purple flower in front of an out of focus green background. A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering with its beak inserted into a small purple flower in front of an out of focus green background.
I hadn't gotten any decent photos of our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds this summer until last week. But first, here's the last of my hummer photos from last summer.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2024
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A grey and green hummingbird is probing a small purple flower from the left while hovering in front of an out of focus green background.
The hummers are still a couple months away from returning to my northern location, so here's a Ruby-throated Hummingbird from last summer. Can't wait to see them again!
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2024
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A slightly scruffy green-backed, white bellied hummingbird stands guard at the top of a bare upright branch.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 3rd September 2023
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/640s, ISO 800
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU #Hummingbirds #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A green and gray hummingbird with a long, slender black bill pauses in drinking from a nectar feeder.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 3rd September 2023
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 25% crop, 1/640s, ISO 2000
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU #Hummingbirds #DescribeYourImages
Emphasizing its tinyness, a long-billed hummingbird is perched way up on a bare branch.
#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 3rd September 2023
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/640s, ISO 200
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A hummingbird with green upper body and grey underside is hovering with its beak inserted into a small purple flower in front of an out of focus green background.
It was very obliging of this female Ruby-throated Hummingbird to position herself just perfectly in the frame. :)
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2024
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A dull, washed out photo of a hummingbird against a featureless grey sky.
A bold, vibrant black and white silhouette of a hummingbird against a featureless grey sky!
Sometimes lighting conditions are not in your favour and the best you can do is go for a silhouette, like with this Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
May 2024
#hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A grey and green hummingbird is in hovering in front of an out of focus green background while probing a small purple flower with its beak.
A grey and green hummingbird is in hovering in front of an out of focus green background while probing a small purple flower with its beak.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird doing its thing. Very difficult to get a good edit due to the harsh midday sun and deep shadows.
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
August 2024
📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Shooting up against a bright grey sky makes for boring, washed-out images. Unless you embrace it and go for a silhouette!
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
May 2024
📷 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
