Ruby Throated Hummingbird Nest

The ruby throated hummingbird nest is typically constructed of spider silk and plant materials.

Ruby throated hummingbird nest.

Female ruby throated hummingbird may reuse old nests for several seasons and repair them annually. Ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris hundreds of kinds of hummingbirds nest in the american tropics and more than a dozen in the western u s but east of the great plains there is only the ruby throat. The nest is generally constructed on a small downward sloping tree limb 10 60 feet 3 18 m above the ground with an average of about 15 feet 4 5 m. One reason the nest of the ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris is hard to find is because it is so small above.

It is also well camouflaged with an outer layer of lichens although it may appear obvious on this naked pine twig when it contained eggs and young the nest was hidden by pine needles and cones. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird. Nests are normally located 10 to 40 feet above the. The ruby throated hummingbird archilochus colubris is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in central america mexico and florida and migrates to canada and other parts of eastern north america for the summer to breed.

Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer. These brilliant tiny precision flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. It is typically placed in a protected location in a shrub bush or tree.