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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Posted on May 27, 2016

There is nothing like seeing the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) fly near you, turning ever so slightly to reveal a flash of light under its throat. When this bird caught the right light on its gorget it was almost a blinding beam of red. Photographed for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Connecticut while on assignment for The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Sean Graesser
RTPI Affiliate