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Colorful Wee Beauty
S K Gudi

Colorful Wee Beauty (Amandava amandava)

I was taking a late evening walk on a rough small metaled road passing through an open scrub on city outskirts when I found small group of birds foraging on the road. After many attempts when I succeeded in getting close enough I was pleasantly surprised to see these very colorful wee beauties. Managed to get a few shots in the fast fading light. At 10 cm, they are much smaller than sparrows. A first for me.
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Habitat
Scrub, reeds, grassy areas, sugarcane fields,overgrown parts of parks and gardens
Location
Hubli, India
Date taken
26-09-2014
Scientific name
Amandava amandava
Equipment used
fujifilm finepix HS 50 EXR, handheld, cropped
delia todd
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Oh my!! How beautiful he is! You seem to have excellent field craft SK... judging by your antics in trying to get your pictures of this flock ;)

A super picture of this colourful guy - many congratulations on your Lifer too.
 
KC Foggin
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Opus Editor
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Such a beautiful bird and image and not one we get to see very often here in the Gallery sk.
 
carann
Congratulations on a first and this beautifully detailed, colourful image of it, SK !!! Thanks for sharing.
 
Stanley Jones
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What an awesome little beauty this is SK and photographed with expertise. Brilliant!!!!!!
 

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