Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Tongue Out
by Chad Meyer
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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Tongue Out
Artist
Chad Meyer
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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Caught this incredible shot of a hummingbird with its tongue out. I rarely see hummingbirds sitting still so I was ecstatic to learn I had captured one with its tongue sticking out. Taken at JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun, then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds, and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer. Enjoy them while they’re around; by early fall they’re bound for Central America, with many crossing the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight.
Find Ruby-throated Hummingbirds by wandering flowering gardens or woodland edges at the height of summer, or by putting up a hummingbird feeder or visiting a friend who keeps them. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are common in suburbs and towns, and can become quite bold, feeding at hanging plants and feeders on your porch or next to your windows.
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August 29th, 2021
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