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Sunbird ponders portion size!

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Sunbird ponders portion size! Collared Sunbird on Strelitzia - Bird of paradise flower. Clivia Cottage, Hoedspruit, Mopani, Limpopo, South Africa...
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Sunbird ponders portion size! Collared Sunbird on Strelitzia - Bird of paradise flower. Clivia Cottage, Hoedspruit, Mopani, Limpopo, South Africa
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Canon EOS 40D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 400/1

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Mar, 2017

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195

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+26

Awards

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Peer Award

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Outstanding Creativity

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Either this BoP plant is simply gigantic, or this is a very small bird. The BoP plants in the USA are not even close to being this big! Great capture, in any event! ッ

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Just googled "Sunbird," and, yes, they are tiny birds! They are almost like the Old World equivalent of hummingbirds!

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This one was huge. Towering shade 'tree' The flower was about 40cm long!

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