The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris; Ruby-throated Hummingbird) is a beautiful, fairly common hummingbird species in the Americas. Every year these birds make the long journey from South America to North America and Canada for the summer to breed. Unfortunately, we don't have hummingbirds here in the Netherlands....
Here is a female photographed which was just cleaning her beak. This of course has to be done after drinking from lots of flowers!
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