Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Species Spotlight

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Visiting Royal Catchfly

Dates Photographed by Month

May
5/7/22
5/15/20
5/16/23
5/25/24
5/27/26
5/29/21
5/30/22

June
6/1/26
6/12/26
6/15/26
6/25/22
6/29/26

July
7/6/26
7/11/26
7/13/24
7/14/22
7/16/22
7/20/22
7/21/20
7/21/21
7/25/20
7/25/22
7/26/22
7/27/23
7/28/22

Aug.
8/2/20
8/3/23
8/7/23
8/9/20
8/9/21
8/12/20
8/12/23
8/18/20
8/19/20
8/21/20
8/23/20
8/23/21
8/29/21

Sept.
9/1/23
9/3/22
9/7/23
9/7/25
9/8/21
9/8/23
9/11/21
9/12/21
9/13/21

Photographed With These Species

Forbs

Anise Hyssop [View Associated Images]
Black-eyed Susan (Orange Coneflower) [View Associated Images]
Blue Vervain [View Associated Images]
Blue Wild Indigo [View Associated Images]
Cardinal Flower [View Associated Images]
Common Ironweed [View Associated Images]
Great Blue Lobelia [View Associated Images]
Joe Pye Weed [View Associated Images]
Monkey Flower [View Associated Images]
Prairie Blazing Star [View Associated Images]
Purple Coneflower [View Associated Images]
Royal Catchfly [View Associated Images]
Spotted Touch-me-not [View Associated Images]
Sullivant's Milkweed [View Associated Images]
Turtlehead [View Associated Images]

Posts Featuring Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Image Gallery

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Nesting at Crabtree Nature Center

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 12, 2026, 12:27 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Nesting at Crabtree Nature Center

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 12, 2026, 12:29 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

On her nest

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 3:09 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Feeding chick

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 29, 2026, 11:46 a.m.

Ruby-throated Humminbird

Feeding chicks

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 6, 2026, 12:35 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Royal Catchfly

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 11, 2026, 3:13 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Royal Catchfly

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 11, 2026, 3:13 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Royal Catchfly

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 11, 2026, 3:13 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Building a nest

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 1, 2026, 11:14 a.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Blue Wild Indigo

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: May 27, 2026, 5:51 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Blue Wild Indigo

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: May 27, 2026, 5:51 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

At Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area

Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Sept. 7, 2025, 2:03 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Royal Catchfly

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2024, 4:14 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Cardinal Flower

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 13, 2024, 12:42 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

In the Chestnut Tree

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: May 25, 2024, 12:53 p.m.

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At Crabtree Nature Center

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: Sept. 8, 2023, 9:39 a.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting nonnative and invasive Purple Loosestrife

Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Sept. 7, 2023, 10:44 a.m.