Ruby Red Hummingbirds

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.

Ruby red hummingbirds. These hummingbirds have a very strict routine often returning to the same area each and every year. During this floral feeding. Hovering in front of a flower to sip nectar it beats its wings more than 50 times per second. There it is fairly common in summer in open woods and gardens.

Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer. For most people ruby throated hummingbirds are going to be what many people considered to be just a generic hummingbird. These brilliant tiny precision flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the mississippi river in north america.

With emerald green backs and crowns white or gray bellies and bright red throat patches you will know you re gazing upon a male ruby throat when you see one. Like all hummingbirds the narrow needle like bill is ideal for sipping nectar from deep inside flowers. Impressive migrants despite their small size some ruby throats may. 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 ruby throated hummingbird is the most widely distributed and commonly recognized hummingbird in north america it is the only hummingbird species to regularly breed in the eastern united states and its colorful green and red plumage is instantly familiar to many birders. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird. Ruby throated hummingbirds live in woodland areas but also frequent gardens where flowering plants are plentiful. They hover to feed on flowers nectar and sap.

These brilliant tiny precision flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird. Ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris the ruby throated hummingbird is by far the most common species that breeds in the eastern half of north america although most states have sporadic rufous sightings and bob and martha sargent have banded eight other hummingbird species as winter visitors to five southeastern states. They are the most common in the united states especially in the eastern half.

The chin of a hummingbird may be tiny but it can be a clue to the bird s identity. Despite its familiarity however there are a lot more facts about this member of the trochilidae bird family that. Ruby throated hummingbirds may be small in size but they are big in iridescent colors. The bill is black and straight.