The red-chested sunbird was one of the brightly-colored birds I photographed on my first trip to Uganda. This is the male. The females are more uniformly brown and lack the bright colors. This one was hanging out in the bushes just inside the entrance to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the southwestern corner of the country. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/100th of a second.
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The red-chested sunbird was one of the brightly-colored birds I photographed on my first trip to Uganda. This is the male. The females are more uniformly brown and lack the bright colors. This one was hanging out in the bushes just inside the entrance to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the southwestern corner of the country. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/100th of a second.
Talk about technicolor! Lovely!
No doubt. I’ve photographed a few different species of sunbird. This was the most colorful.
Brilliant, in so many ways!!
Definitely a beautiful bird.