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:

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

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

Anonymous said...

beautiful :)

Forest Dream Weaver said...

Beautiful bird with a lovely name!

sandyland said...

bird day love this one

LA Paylor said...

you take the most beautiful pictures

Breathtaking said...

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

Sneh Asnani said...

Beautiful bird and nice photography Rajesh!!!

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Unknown said...

Lovely photos of this pretty bird!

carol l mckenna said...

Beautiful bird photos! Mother nature has such gems!

Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Wonderful birdie, wonderful name, Rajesh.
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Joyful said...

Beautiful captures, Rajesh. Have a terrific week ahead!

Adam Jones said...

Nice captures.

Judy Biggerstaff said...

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

Anonymous said...

What a pretty bird!

Janice said...

Such a pretty bird. Thanks for sharing!

Neil said...

Beautiful looking bird.

magiceye said...

Beautiful bird well captured.

Online Journalist said...

'Sun bird', well captured.

Ravish Mani said...

Beautiful captures, as usual :)

Maniparna said...

What a lovely bird!

Abhijit Ray said...

Beautiful color of bird. Nice camouflage.

Unknown said...

Purple-rumped Sunbird, sounds so exotic! :)