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Adding ...
aloktewari

Adding ... (Leptocoma zeylonica)

... colors
to the urban
garden ...

While males were
busy nectaring
porter's weed for
a sugar high ...

... females were
preferentially taking
spiders ...

My daughter's
housing society
in Mumbai ...
... and
my granddaughter
located the bird
for me ...
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Purple-rumped Sunbird

Mumbai
Maharashtra
India
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Habitat
Urban Garden
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Date taken
27.12.2022
Scientific name
Leptocoma zeylonica
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bievreJJ
fabulous colours and details, Alok, a marvelous portrait of this beautiful sunbird, awesome work, many tfs!!
 
Stanley Jones
Supporter
WOWZER! A real show stopper! Brilliant colors and superb image quality. Exquisite Alok & Renu! TFS!
 

Media information

Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
aloktewari
Date added
View count
363
Comment count
8

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX P950
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
214.0 mm
Exposure time
1/400 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN5209 bd 6d 24.JPG
File size
1.2 MB
Date taken
Tue, 27 December 2022 9:53 AM
Dimensions
2000px x 1548px

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