Sunbirds are tiny, but mighty. Always on the move, ever on the look out for larger predators. The male glitters like stardust, and the female is like a pixie. Here’s my little pictorial ode to a Sunbird couple in Delhi.
Sunbirds
Sunshine, starbright,
Bedazzling glitter.
Iridiscent, Stardust-
You must stay forever,
In Delhi’s unworthy dust.
2018. All photos by Neha Sinha
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Beautiful pics. Aren’t sunbirds just lovely! I dream of travelling around the world (at least India for a start) and seeing all the sunbird species someday!
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That’s a wonderful, sunny plan Ajay! Throw in some Hummingbirds too!
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Lovely poem. Lovelier photographs. Very nice, Neha.
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What a beautiful thing to read your comment, Hansda. I hope the tribals you write so evocatively of approve of my view of the little
Sunbird.
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