Ruby Throated Hummingbird Fledgling

It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the mississippi river in north america.

Ruby throated hummingbird fledgling.

These brilliant tiny precision flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. Hummingbird fledgling this is a baby ruby throated hummingbird says linda schoenherr. We have a lot of adult hummingbirds in our yard but i never expected to be so close to a baby. The ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in central america mexico and florida and migrates to canada and other parts of eastern north america for the summer to breed.

The bill itself makes up about one fifth of the length. An adult ruby throated hummingbird may eat twice its body weight in food each day which it burns up with the high metabolism necessary to sustain its rapid wing beat and energetic movements. Relative size in ruby throated hummingbirds. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird.

My dog and i were in the front yard when she pointed it out to me. Hovering in front of a flower to sip nectar it beats its wings more than 50 times per second. Hundreds of kinds of hummingbirds nest in the american tropics and more than a dozen in the western u s but east of the great plains there is only the ruby throat. There it is fairly common in summer in open woods and gardens.

Impressive migrants despite their small size some ruby throats may.