Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
(L 3,75" WS 4.75" WT 0.12 oz)
Oak Park yardbirds
7Sept2008
The ruby-throated hummingbird is a wonder of
migration. Every winter it makes an amazing journey.
Some have been known to make a journey of 2500
miles or more, from Alaska to Central America.
Because of it, the hummingbird is a symbol for
accomplishing that which seems impossible. It will
teach you how to find the miracle of joyful living from
your own life circumstances.
migration. Every winter it makes an amazing journey.
Some have been known to make a journey of 2500
miles or more, from Alaska to Central America.
Because of it, the hummingbird is a symbol for
accomplishing that which seems impossible. It will
teach you how to find the miracle of joyful living from
your own life circumstances.
(Ted Andrews, Animal-Speak)
Only hummingbird to breed
east of the Mississippi River.
east of the Mississippi River.
Starved Rock St Park
Utica
12Sept2012
female
juvenile
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
Archilochus was a 6th C. Greek
poet famous for his wit and
flouting of convention; colubri is
Spanish for hummingbird.
poet famous for his wit and
flouting of convention; colubri is
Spanish for hummingbird.