sunbird with kigelia pinnata

ajinkya gadave

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Mar 1, 2011, 1:53:53 AM3/1/11

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hi

i found this beautiful moment at baramati visit.a Sunbird collecting nectar from kigelia pinnata

hope all of you like this.

ajinkya

kigelia pinnata.jpg

Bhatt Sweta

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Mar 1, 2011, 1:55:47 AM3/1/11

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Nice pict, perfect timing!!

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Prashant awale

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Mar 1, 2011, 1:55:54 AM3/1/11

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Great.... I liked this snap Ajinkya. Thanks.

regards

Prashant

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:23 PM, ajinkya gadave <ajinky...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pankaj Kumar

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Mar 1, 2011, 2:46:02 AM3/1/11

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The bird looks like a female of Purple Rumped Sunbird.
The plant is actually Kigelia africana (syn: Kigelia pinnata).
It happens to be a bat pollinated tree and it is pollinated during
evenings. I imagine if the sunbird female was lured by something
inside the flower!!
But nice pics.
Thanks for sharing.
Pankaj

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Satish Phadke

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Mar 1, 2011, 4:25:17 AM3/1/11

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Great capture Ajinkya..........

hari lal

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Mar 1, 2011, 9:24:44 AM3/1/11

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what a snap very nice
hari shankar lal

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