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  1. Urbane ...

    Urbane ...

    Here's the lady ... Purple-rumped Sunbird ... in the thick urban milieu of Mumbai ... The males around were aggressively nectaring ... the females were feeding on aphids and small spiders ... preferentially _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022
  2. Enjoying the weed ...

    Enjoying the weed ...

    Here ... ... a colorful male ... Purple-rumped Sunbird enjoying the Porter's weed ... They have brush-tipped tubular tongues ... which, they use to sip the nectar ... _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022
  3. Megapolis birding ...

    Megapolis birding ...

    That yellow bird ... While in Mumbai ... One morning we decided to check out the lovely green patch of the residential society ... where our daughter lives ... Our granddaughter who turned 3 ... only a day ago ... and was testing her newly acquired bicycle came running to us ... come...
  4. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird, female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  5. Welcome 2023

    Welcome 2023

    Purple-rumped Sunbird 27 December 2022
  6. Just showing ...

    Just showing ...

    Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male ... the purple of the rump is just showing ... In the garden of my daughter's residence in Mumbai ... Nectaring on Porter's Weed flowers ... ... captured in the morning today ... At less than 10 cm ... these are very small in size ... even among...
  7. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird in eclipse plumage Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  8. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  9. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male in eclipse Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  10. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  11. Himalayas-648 : Green tailed Sunbird male : singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-648 : Green tailed Sunbird male : singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Watch the nectaring activity ... and enjoy the call ... and song of this fabulous Himalayan beauty ... Green-tailed Sunbird Ranikhet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 31 October 2022
  12. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird, Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  13. Himalayas-646

    Himalayas-646

    An uncommonly sighted Sunbird species seen in Himalayas ... ... the range extends to Southeast Asia ... ________ Green-tailed Sunbird ... immature male Aethopyga nipalensis Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 Uttarakhand Himalayas India 31 October 2022
  14. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird - after a sudden downpour. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  15. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird - Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  16. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  17. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird male in eclipse plumage. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  18. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  19. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird , Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  20. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Juvenile. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  21. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple Sunbird - Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  22. Purple-rumped  Sunbird : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Purple-rumped Sunbird : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A male ... seen here in an urban garden in Mumbai ... A species of southern and eastern India ... it relatively recently extended its range northward ... up to Gujarat ... ___________ June 2019
  23. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird - Female. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  24. Sunbird

    Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Male ) Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
  25. Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Purple-rumped Sunbird

    Male. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
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