Saturday, May 28, 2016

Sunbird at Karanji Lake, Mysore

Karanji Lake at Mysore is a beautiful lake spread over a area of 55 hectares with many trees all around even in the lake.  



One such beautiful bird seen here is Purple-rumped SunbirdIt is a tiny bird with dark maroon upper-side with a blue-green crown. The underparts are whitish with dark throat, maroon breast.



They mainly feed on nectar but sometimes take insects.

22 comments:

  1. That is a beautiful Sunbird. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

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  2. Anonymous12:40

    beautiful :)

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  3. Beautiful bird with a lovely name!

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  4. bird day love this one

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  5. you take the most beautiful pictures

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  6. Hello!:)Nicely captured images of this pretty bird with lovely colours.:)

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  7. Beautiful bird and nice photography Rajesh!!!

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  8. Lovely photos of this pretty bird!

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  9. Beautiful bird photos! Mother nature has such gems!

    Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

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  10. Wonderful birdie, wonderful name, Rajesh.
    ~

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  11. Beautiful captures, Rajesh. Have a terrific week ahead!

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  12. Oh the sunbird is beautiful. Wish I could see one in person.

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  13. Anonymous19:56

    What a pretty bird!

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  14. Such a pretty bird. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Beautiful looking bird.

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  16. Beautiful bird well captured.

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  17. 'Sun bird', well captured.

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  18. Beautiful captures, as usual :)

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  19. What a lovely bird!

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  20. Beautiful color of bird. Nice camouflage.

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  21. Purple-rumped Sunbird, sounds so exotic! :)

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