look who showed up for breakfast and stayed for lunch

21 years ago

activity has been slow enough here that one sighting is a big deal. I have only had one brief sighting of an adult male ruby in the past 2 weeks. I still see a female 2 or 3 times a week for a single brief visit.

I first saw this one this morning at about 10 am. I change my nectar every 3rd day, and was out of sugar this morning. I went and bought some, (that's 15# now this season, frank) ;-) and did the clean and fill ritual, and came inside to have lunch, then post up with the camera. he's been back twice that I've seen, and I made these images on the second visit.

I had the camera all set with no flash, but the battery-saving feature shut the camera off while waiting. when he showed up and I turned the camera on, the flash fired automatically. after the bird perched, he saw the flash on the 2nd picture, and leaned way in to get a good look at me in the 3rd picture.

what a welcome visitor! thought I'd make him famous and share.

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Comments (14)

oubliette
21 years ago
What fantastic photos! You can really see what a colorful creature he is.
mimidi
21 years ago
Oh Standard great pictures. Boy the red on the middle is something else.
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stephenNJ
21 years ago
Holy Cow Satndard !
look at that big red boy!
awesome pics! thanks for sharing and congratulations.
-stephen
texaspuddyprint
21 years ago
Standard,

WAY TO GO!!! WOOHOO!!! Great photos! Thanks for sharing!!!

~ Cat
sarahbn
21 years ago
Those are great pictures standard really close up too!! Were you holding the camera or was it on a tripod? Sarah
Birdlegs
21 years ago
Great balls of fire, is he ever showy!! All I can think of is pretty bird pretty bird. Super Capture!
Patrick888
21 years ago
Very nice, Standard! I wish we had RT's here, along with our rufous & Anna's. They're all pretty wonderful tho, so I'm happy to have what we do.

Patrick
standard65
Original Author
21 years ago
oh, I'd love to have some anna's or black-chinned or buff-bellied or calliope here, too, patrick, but I sure love the rubies!
sarah, I was holding the camera, and was seated about 8 feet from the feeder. I was indoors, looking through the window. the optics and zoom on the canon s1-is are great, but already I want more pixels. this one is 3.2 megapixels. I sure am having fun with it, though.
I hope my visitor is here again tomorrow!
jap373
21 years ago
funny, I've seen only females here in Baton Rouge...I guess the males are all hanging around further north! Good shots!

--Jane
jenny_in_se_pa
21 years ago
AWWWW!!!! What a handsome fella you have there! I'd love to see a male up here but I am happy to have my little girl!
flowerpowereverett
21 years ago
Beautiful shots! Does he have a name yet, since he is now famous?
standard65
Original Author
21 years ago
not yet, because he hasn't been around long enough to observe personal habits or traits, but I'm considering 'amos.' famous amos. the only one I'd named so far this year is twiggy, the slender female.
frankj
21 years ago
standard65: Good shots. Haven't seen a Ruby Throat since I was a kid back in Kansas! (We've gone through about 100 pounds so far and have one half empty 50 pound bag with another for backup!) If it's anything like last year, now that the Rufous have started showing up we should start getting real busy within the next week or so.

Frank

Here is a link that might be useful: Frank's Hummingbird Photo Album
glok
21 years ago
Wonderful photo's Standard! He's a beauty!!!

glo