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We were hiking at Stillwater Prairie Reserve yesterday and saw this female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I love this little bird. They can hover, and fly backwards. They are amazing to watch. They migrate north as the flowers bloom, allowing them to have food for that super metabolism to be fueled. Check this out:

Hummingbirds have one of the highest metabolic rates of any animal, with heart rates up to 1260 beats per minute, breathing rate of about 250 breaths per minute even at rest, and oxygen consumption of about 4 ml oxygen/g/hour at rest. During flight, hummingbird oxygen consumption per gram of muscle tissue is approximately 10 times higher than that seen for elite human athletes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird)

~ Rick

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Nature Hike

Teresa and I took a Nature hike yesterday with a naturalist from the Miami County Park District. There was about 8 of of us in total. We hike at Garbry Big Wood Sanctuary.

I took the 1st photo of the boardwalk. The lush green is broken up by the spring flowers. We were actually a couple of weeks late to capture the flowers. Thee next two photos were taken by Teresa. The Wood Snail was trying to avoid getting stepped on :).

Nature is beautiful.

~ Rick

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Too Busy Too Notice

We were driving through Garbry Big Woods in the rain when I spotted this crazy Goldfinch working on this old plant from last fall. He was so intense about it that he didn’t even notice us. We were noisy, and very obvious about our presence, but he just kept eating. I guess it was tasty good.

~ Rick

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Love this Blue

We have seen a large number of Eastern Bluebirds this spring. Not too many females, although I know they are there, I am just not seeing them. Their blue is so bright. Love this bird!

~ Rick

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A Different Tune .. a Different Songbird!

This is a White-crowned Sparrow. I have seen a lot of different species of sparrow recently, but I don’t remember ever photographing one of these. They are cool looking, and sing beautifully.

~ Rick

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