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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Amethyst sunbird and other critters

Good afternoon blogger friends. At last I have decent Internet and can post!

A few weeks ago I posted about a female sunbird;  I said it was a Southern Double-Collared Sunbird female. Margaret (Birding for Pleasure) issued a friendly challenge for me to photograph the male.

I rose to the challenge and this morning I managed to photograph the male - but it is ANOTHER sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird. And the female I posted two weeks ago is the Amethyst female sunbird.
 Amethyst Sunbird - female 
 Topsy turvy sight of the male - just had to show how agile he is! 
 He moves so fast - apologies for the blurry photo
Amethyst Sunbird - male 

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen here.

A safe day to you all! 














9 comments:

  1. Hello, Jo!
    Wow, what a beautiful bird. The last shot is lovely showing the colorful head.
    I hope you are safe and well. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day, wishing you a healthy week ahead. PS, thanks so much for the comment.

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  2. What beauties. Thank you for rising to Margaret's challenge.

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  3. What a beautiful capture, Jo.
    Hope you are doing well, stay safe!

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  4. They are beautiful and I remember seeing them. Be well.

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  5. Hello. The bird looks beautiful. Take care.

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  6. Don't worry Jo. I have lots of those blurry photos. Thanks goodness for SDC cards and hundreds of goes. I could never go back to film.

    Good to hear everyone is OK your way. Stay safe.

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  7. Wow, the sun sure brings out the magnificent colors in him.

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  8. good job on the male bird, I don't know names but I do like seeing them.. glad your internet is back

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