Saturday, September 28, 2013

Birds in Neighbourhood - 11

I am the few of the fortunate who occasionally get to see few birds of different variety around my house in Bangalore. I have captured few of them in my camera and here they are. One such beautiful bird is Common Tailorbird



They have greenish upper body plumage and rust colored forehead and crown. They are unique because of their long upright tail.



They are easy to identify even if they are hidden vegetation, by their loud calls. These birds are insectivorous. 




They get their name from the way their nest is built where the edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk in the form of cradle.

27 comments:

  1. Fotos preciosas.
    O pássaro parece tão frágil mas está devidamente camuflado pela folhagem, a natureza é tão sábia!!!

    ¸.•°♡彡Ótimo sábado!
    ♡♫° ·.Bom fim de semana!
    Beijinhos.
    ¸.•°❤❤⊱

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  2. Love this bird's coloring!
    The nest sounds quite unique.

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  3. Beautiful are your bird photos!
    Greetings, RW & SK

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  4. Anonymous20:16

    Wow! Great shots and what a beautiful bird ~ carol ^_^

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  5. What a lovely bird, Rajesh! And what great shadow shots for the day! Have a great weekend!

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  6. Cute little bird!

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  7. I have learned about their nesting habit in school... beautiful capture! glad u find them around

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  8. cute little thing! i have heard about these tailor birds. :)

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  9. Hi Raj,

    Oh! it reminds me of the Philippine birdies.

    Very nice shot of you.

    TY as always for sharing. It make me alive seeing the Asian beauty.

    Greetings,
    /CC girl

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  10. 'sewn together with spider silk'......what an amazing bird. And great photos.

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  11. Pretty little bird!

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  12. What a delicate sweetie pie. You are fortunate to see them is such a big city. These captures are so nice...especially the first one. genie

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  13. Anonymous04:29

    They are lovely little birds. Their construction skills are amazing.

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  14. It is amazing to know that the bird "sews". A very pretty bird as well!

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  15. A very clever and pretty bird!
    Nice photos of it as well.

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  16. Raj, I have also seen this species, while in Malaysia. It is a fabulous species to have around, well done.

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  17. Great photos of a beautiful little bird.

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  18. It is a pretty bird, great shots!

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  19. a beautiful bird indeed and interesting how they construct their nest too; I see then, the significance of their name

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  20. This is a sweet chap, very pretty colours!

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  21. Cool. A bird that sews.

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  22. Great photos of an interesting bird.

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  23. What a darling little bird!!!

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  24. Your yard is certainly busy! What an interesting bird.

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  25. Lovely Captures :)

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  26. Wow! its amazing how you can pass hours just watching these birds at their work

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