Ruby Red Throated Hummingbird Nest

The cup shaped nest is usually only about 1 2 inches 2 5 5 cm high and 1 5 inches 3 8 cm wide.

Ruby red throated hummingbird nest.

Impressive migrants despite their small size some ruby throats may. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird. If none are available she alone builds a new nest in about 6 to 10 days. Tail deeply forked and outer rectrices tail feathers very narrow attenuate and black without white tips.

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

There it is fairly common in summer in open woods and gardens. 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. Adult males have a brilliant iridescent red gorget black chin.

Ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris. Ruby throated hummingbird the male ruby throated hummingbird does indeed have a striking red throat though the female of the species does not.