I know it is not a Sunday and it is not a photo day. But this is what happens when I do not travel for nearly two months! I have to keep this blog alive with places and things around me and you have to view them! See it is better for all involve it I travel more and often and frequently! Otherwise we all get to see just birds!
For the past three years (or is it more?) there has been a Purple Sunbird nest in my backyard. I do not go very close to the nest because I do not wish to startle these fragile creatures.
But as they have a nest they keep coming and going at all hours during the day and probably at the night too. I was just standing in my balcony clicking sunset when this male Purple Sunbird came and chirped around. It didn’t seem to even notice a 75-300 mm lens pointing at it. Hence this happy picture for me at least.
I do have a solid love-hate relations with bird photography. I love it when I get a good picture, which happens rarely. But I hate it when the birds fly away while I am trying to click them, which happens way to frequently.
And even though I love to click birds I am counting the days like anything (I am almost as impatient as my daughter gets when she is waiting for something to happen) when I get to travel again.
Exotic hue! Nice shot.
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Beautiful bird and you captured very well
thanks mridula
This is a very common & beautiful bird normally to be seen in your backyard. But backyards are disappearing fast and then how does the bird survive then ?
So how many days until u travel next 🙂
lovely capture! i’ve been trying to capture one which has been visiting the tree outside my house, but havent been successful yet… will post a pic of a magpie robin i did click! and really, its so difficult to think of what to post when we havent travelled for a while! am looking forward to march end… which is when hopefully some travel will come my way 😀 and i get just as impatient as u and chhavi!!!
Lovely picture of the bird. I wonder what it is called in Hindi?
The color seems straight out of a JJ Valaya costume! Looks regal! Great shot with the 300mm!
बड़े सुंदर मेहमान हें आपके..
Love the color of this bird! Very well taken shot!
Thanks Niranjan.
The bird behaved well so I was able to capture it otherwise they usually give hell! Thank you Krishna.
Rama no easy answers to that and my backyard is also tiny.
Meena 😀 hopefully tomorrow.
Anu hope you do get out at March end and the Magpie pictures are lovely.
Shalu I have no idea what it is called in Hindi.
Thank you so much Hoteldepot! What a comparison!
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Thank you Anu.
You’re lucky… I’ve never seen a purple sunbird in reality… but a purple rumped sunbird has been a regular visitor in my garden 🙂
Nice capture..
So beautiful bird & capture .