Aug 24 2011
A beautiful day at Ramapo, Mathias joins in…You can click on the thumbnails to enlarge the image or click on the large image below to advance to the next image, or click on “Play Slideshow”
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Flora from todays hike at Ramapo Reservation
#flora #berries #leaves #acorn
More hummingbirds on my deck…
Some fun facts about hummingbirds…
their hearts can beat as fast as 1,260 beats per minute
their wings flap 15 to 80 times a second
They are the smallest migrating bird. …
The name, hummingbird, comes from the humming noise their wings make as they beat so fast.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
Hummingbirds have no sense of smell. …
The average weight of a hummingbird is less than a nickel.
Their tiny legs are only used for perching and moving sideways while perched. They can’t walk or hop.
Hummingbirds drink the nectar found in feeders by moving their tongue in and out about 13 times per second. They can consume up to double their body weight in a day.
They can fly forward, backward, and even upside down! Hummingbirds are also the only vertebrae capable of hovering for a period of time during flight.
Rufous hummingbirds migrate farther than any other North American species. They travel 4,000 miles from Mexico to Alaska every spring. Most ruby-throats spend the cold months between southern Mexico and northern Panama.
The average nest is about the size of a half-dollar coin. The eggs inside the tiny structure look like mini white jelly beans.
hummingbirds beat their wings more than 50 times per second, and even faster in extreme flight mode.
#hummingbird #rubythroatedhummingbird
Ruby-throated hummingbird on the deck
#hummingbird #rubythroatedhummingbird
Wren Post #3…the two chicks have left the nest in the last two days, they are hanging around and still being feed by the adults…
View the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/WqR4F2V66OM
#carolinawrens
Wren post number2… notice in the video that after the feeding they fly off with the poop!…
More video: https://youtu.be/WqR4F2V66OM
#carolinawrens
A Carolina Wren built a nest in a planter on my deck and are raising two chicks
More video: https://youtu.be/WqR4F2V66OM
#carolinawren
The Buddleia davidii are blooming and the Butterflies are back…
#easterblackswallowtail #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #Buddleiadavidii #butterflybush
