[ruby-talk:20829] OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover

Ruby animal/bird options - there is another bird (apart from the
Ruby-crowned Kinglet), the rather dashing (and even smaller) Ruby
Throated Hummingbird which i guess would be my pick (i have never seen
one, supposed to be fairly common in eastern U.S.).

There may have been some sort of O'Reilly hummingbird book (but then
there has been a previous snail book); and the www.ora.com
illustrations are in black and white... so you miss the "ruby"; & it's
probably too late for this one anyway...

Anyhow here are some Ruby Throated Hummingbird related links:

http://birds.cornell.edu/BOW/RUTHUM/

http://www.birding.com/2080rth.asp

http://www.fifthdaycreations.com/articles/redhummingbird.asp

http://users.paristexas.net/~casdaylily/hummingbirds.htm

http://www.baylink.org/wpc/hummer.html

http://pelotes.jea.com/ColoringPage/Birds/colhmbird.htm

http://www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Facts/Birds/rubyhum1.htm

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0224.htm

http://www.nearctica.com/biomes/edf/bird/rhummer.htm

http://www.ronausting.com/rubypic.htm

http://www.ronausting.com/ruby.htm

http://www.smartisans.com/personal/ccam_5-20-2000_3-23pm.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/media/washtenaw_audubon/pcd4614_063.jpg

http://www.hummingbirds.net/rubythroated.html

http://www.petersononline.com/birds/month/rthu/index.html

http://www.sherpaguides.com/chesapeake_bay/sidebars/ruby.html

http://www.bird-stamps.org/species/81303.htm

http://freenet.vcu.edu/science/audubon/rthummer.htm

Ralph