Purple Sunbird, Female

December 3, 2009 —Categories: birds, photo essay, photos

purple rumped sunbird

I thought this is a female purple rumped sunbird. Thanks to Uma for correcting it.

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Anu says:

December 3, 2009 at 9:38 am

the third pic, the one where the bird’s beak is right inside the flower, is just too… good!!! we have many of these birds visiting us everyday, and i have seen them draw the nectar with their beaks, but seeing the moment captured so beautifully was a real treat!!!
Ravishankar says:

December 3, 2009 at 9:51 am

Nice shots of the bird Arun.
I guess the bird is saying “I hope this one has nectar” followed by “Umm I like this” and “Where next” 🙂
Nice concept
sandeep says:

December 3, 2009 at 11:00 am

yet another beautiful set of bird pics. gr8 shots arun
lakshmi says:

December 3, 2009 at 11:12 am

perfect moments..
Arun says:

December 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Thank you, Anu. I was thrilled to capture this too 🙂

Thanks Ravishankar. These sunbirds are actually never satisfied. It did not leave even a single flower unchecked! 🙂

Thank you Sandeep.

Thanks Lakshmi.
Shailza says:

December 3, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Very well captured Arun…
Vijay says:

December 11, 2009 at 7:50 am

Great capture Arun. Beautiful bird, great shots!
kala says:

December 11, 2009 at 4:09 pm

thanks for the wonderful photos!
Jade Leonard says:

December 15, 2009 at 6:47 am

Thank you for sharing this. I had such a wonderful time myself traveling and performing in India and this bought back so many memories.
Varun sharma says:

July 5, 2013 at 6:13 pm

Arun, Please add the location of sunbird image.