Showing posts with label little bird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label little bird. Show all posts

Sunday, November 9, 2008

The colorful little bird return pt2





These are Olive Backed Sunbirds.The top is male and bottom is female.

These colorful little birds are actually the Olive-backed Sunbird.The sunbirds are a group of very small birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

The Olive-backed Sunbird is common across southern China to the Philippines and Malaysia down to northeast Australia. They are small songbirds, at most 12cm long. The underparts of both male and female are bright yellow, the backs are a dull brown color. The forehead, throat and upper breast of the adult male is a dark, metallic blue-black.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The colorful little bird return pt1





These are two more pictures which I captured when this colorful little bird resting in my porch. I do a heavy vertical crop. She is singing and stretching her beautiful wings

I think this is a better cropping compare to the horizontal.