Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)

Where I live, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are the only hummingbird game in town. They seem so unique among the birds that it’s easy for me to imagine they are really their own special thing, so here’s a special place for some of my favorite photos of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird in flight — Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, juvenile male (Archilochus colubris)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) enjoying his morning.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) showing off a long tongue.

Headshot of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Female (Achilochus colubris), checking out a butterfly bush.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird male (Archilochus colubris)

Photos of hummingbirds and flowers are a natural. Long tongues (as demonstrated in another photo on this page) allow a hummingbird to gather nectar that fuels their tremendous expenditures of energy.