Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Female

by DB Hayes

Title

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Female

Artist

DB Hayes

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Fine Art Americas (FAA) watermark does NOT appear on sold art as FAA removes the watermark before each sold copy is museum quality printed onto canvas, photo-paper, metal, acrylic or any of FAA's many other available medias regardless of which is chosen by the buyer.

COPYRIGHT DISCLOSURE NOTICE: THIS IS A COPYRIGHTED, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PROTECTED IMAGE. IT IS ALSO MONITORED FOR ILLEGAL PIRACY BY PIXSY.

WE are very proud to write the following art groups have featured our "Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Female" image:

1 = Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group: 7/16/2018
2 = USA Photographers ONLY: 7/18/2018
3 = Poetic Poultry: 7/20/2018
4 = Just Perfect: 8/12/2018

Today (July 14, 2018) Deb decided to sit outside on our patio under an umbrella in this south Georgia heat hoping to photograph a few things of interest. Our local Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds were busy flying around drinking from the feeders we provide and flowers we have growing around the back yard. This beautiful female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird perched a few feet from the edge of our patio in a corkscrew willow tree, which, I, Bill, planted in 2006. This tree has many interesting branches that turns and twists all kinds of ways, hence the name "corkscrew". Being the hummer was so close Deb was able to get a truly great shot of her (it is a female) showing most of her fantastic & beautiful colors with her Canon 7D Mark II camera plus a 100-400 MM "L" Lens. Since the image needed very little editing I decided to post it on our FAA-Pixels art sites right away. Now for a few facts about this species thanks to Wikipedia.

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 Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America.

The species is sexually dimorphic. The adult male has a gorget (throat patch) of iridescent ruby red bordered narrowly with velvety black on the upper margin and a forked black tail with a faint violet sheen. The red iridescence is highly directional and appears dull black from many angles. The female has a notched tail with outer feathers banded in green, black, and white and a white throat that may be plain or lightly marked with dusky streaks or stipples. Males are smaller than females and have slightly shorter bills. Juvenile males resemble adult females, though usually with heavier throat markings. The plumage is molted once a year, beginning in late summer.

In winter, the ruby-throated hummingbird is migratory, spending most of the winter in Florida, southern Mexico and Central America, as far south as extreme western Panama, and the West Indies. During migration, some birds embark on a nonstop 900-mile journey across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean from Panama or Mexico to the eastern United States. The bird breeds throughout the eastern United States, east of the 100th meridian, and in southern Canada, particularly Ontario, in eastern and mixed deciduous and broadleaved forest. In winter, it is seen mostly in Mexico and Florida.

All visits to our FAA-Pixels art sites are welcomed, encouraged and appreciated. Please visit often.

"Art Enhances Life"

Bill and Deb Hayes

Uploaded

July 14th, 2018

Colors

Embed

Share

Tags