Ringgo Gomez
Borneon Sunbird
Birding Catch!...Hi all, just got back to Kuching City, spent my weekend retreat in my village and captured these birds in their natural habitat,,,
Nikon D90 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
Info: Sunbirds are very active little birds with long, slender, curved bills that feed on the nectar of flowering shrubs, and the tiny insects found around them. Sometimes, they hover in front of the flower like a hummingbird, but only briefly. Although the males are often very colourful, and sometimes glossy, the coloured parts may just appear blackish in poor light, so that identification can be difficult. The females are especially difficult, most of them being alike, olive above and yellowish below.
(Derek Holmes & Stephen Nash, The Birds of Sumatra and Kalimantan, 1990)
Borneon Sunbird
Birding Catch!...Hi all, just got back to Kuching City, spent my weekend retreat in my village and captured these birds in their natural habitat,,,
Nikon D90 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
Info: Sunbirds are very active little birds with long, slender, curved bills that feed on the nectar of flowering shrubs, and the tiny insects found around them. Sometimes, they hover in front of the flower like a hummingbird, but only briefly. Although the males are often very colourful, and sometimes glossy, the coloured parts may just appear blackish in poor light, so that identification can be difficult. The females are especially difficult, most of them being alike, olive above and yellowish below.
(Derek Holmes & Stephen Nash, The Birds of Sumatra and Kalimantan, 1990)