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Purple Sunbird
Francesca1956

Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia Asiatica)

Another first for this newbie - over the moon and back to get such a beautiful bird! Thank goodness for zoom lenses, this handsome chap was some distance away. Hope you all like him! :) :)
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Location
Al Gurm, Abu Dhabi
Date taken
March 19, 2011
Scientific name
Nectarinia Asiatica
Equipment used
Canon 550D, 100-400mm
Diko G W
Congrats Francesca beautiful bird well captured a nice addition to your gallery well done
 
ammadoux
i love him and the shot is super gorgeous, i have not seen one yet but as i understand form AnderwA who always post there shots form Oman, they are very hard to spot when they get there colors, but i guess you got this handsome boy in a perfect timing.
 
ChrisKten
Congrats Francesca; great view of the plumage as it takes off, great timing too, well done.
 
A
Oh, I missed this one. What a fantastic moment to capture him and a great freeze the moment shot. Those colours are simply wonderful. I can just imagine how chuffed you must be to have caught this one.
Andrew
 

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