#olive backed sunbird

[bjekkergauken]

Some watercolour aussie birds

[birdblues]

Garden Sunbird

[oceaniatropics]

Olive-backed Sunbird, Queensland, Australia 

[helluvatimes]

The New Sunbird

A female Garden Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) slurping nectar off ixora flowers in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Well, it’s not exactly new but this sunbird has now got a new name. It’s presently called the Garden Sunbird which was previously known as the Olive-backed.

[hirocimacruiser]

Just got back from a holiday in KhaoLak Thailand. Been trying to get some good pics of these Olive-backed Sunbirds for a while. These pics are close to alright.

[qqchurch]

Birdwatching Log:

i finally got a solid vid of this small birb... 🥺

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) © Unknown

It hatches from active, blue, brown, common, female, iridescent, male, olive, plain, tiny, urban, white, and yellow eggs.

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[pochqmqri]

Olive-backed sunbird on Fitzroy Island, QLD, Australia

[nature-godsgardenofeden]

♥

[herpsandbirds]

Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis), male, family Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes, QLD, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison 

[funniestbitchinfaerun]

WIP Whursday

Whow it's the first WIP Whatever of Wh2025! How delightful. Thanks @roguishcat. I'm writing out of order again and making myself reaaaallll emotional about Oliver and Thaniel because I would die for those weird little immortal third-graders.

I tag @vividiana, @thecubspeaks, and @the-bear-and-his-sunbird if you have anything 2 share!

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She should step back and let Halsin take over. After all, this was his childhood friend, sort of. But there was a tenuous thread of connection here, between her and this strange little boy, and if she stepped back she risked it snapping.

“You know,” she said, “I have two younger sisters at home. They’re twins, a bit like you and Thaniel.”

“Kestrel,” Gale began, “is this really…”

To Kestrel’s surprise, Halsin shushed him. “Wait, Gale,” he said under his breath. “Let her finish.”

Oliver didn’t seem to have heard them. “Twins? So they’re exactly alike?”

“They certainly were, back when they were very small. Looked just the same and liked all the same things. As they grew older, though, they became more and more different. Noretta likes wearing her hair long, and Velma likes hers short. Velma loves being outside and gardening, and Noretta prefers reading and cooking. They’re not the same anymore, but they’re still twins, and they still love each other more than anything.”

“But…but Thaniel’s been away for a long time,” said Oliver, his upper lip wobbling. “He won’t remember me.”

“Yes, he will, and he’ll be so happy to see you.” A lump had grown in her throat, and she swallowed hard to dispel it. “Just like I’ll be happy to see my sisters again when all this is done. I just need you to believe in him, and yourself. Can you do that for me, Oliver?”

[thaliajoy-blog]

God i've been agonizing for days about how much détails I should put in this...anyway here's the result of my endeavour to draw Daenerys with a "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" inspiration. 😙

The front Daenerys is supposed to represent the current Dany (as a teenager in Essos, with her essosi crown with the three drago heads) while the other behind represents her future as the Queen of Westeros with a different crown. They're accompanied by a tiny sunbird (on bird Dany's shoulder), several swallows, a dove & her olive branch, and two dragonflies (I just like drawing them).

I love both Dany & Nausicaa so much, their similarities are everything ; both leaders with controversial & progressive views of the world (and peaceful dispositions), with a magical connection to the world & it's creatures, with the ability to fly in some way ; both the subject of a miracle (surviving the pyre/ being brought back to life = symbolic and literal rebirth), and both connected to a prophecy about the salvation of mankind, which is believed to be about a male hero.

Also the "breaker of chain" title of Dany // the scene where Nausicaa breaks the chains binding princess Lastelle (to give her dignity in death) - I'm obsessed with it (and how sad it is).

[helluvatimes]

High Noon Fix

An Olive-backed Sunbird, now known as the Garden Sunbird, getting its noon nectar fix on a Powder Puff tree in Sentosa. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

We weren’t really expecting to photograph birds but this male and its mate’s loud singing caught our attention.

A slow lens was then on the camera and the set aperture f/8 was where the lens performed best. And given that the sunbird was some 4 metres (about 13 feet) away, isolating the bird was no mean feat.

[quibblequibblol]

some photos I took yesterday

Chestnut Munia(?)s

White-breasted Woodswallow on wire

Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Maya) eating in the feeder

A low quality snippet of a Garden Sunbird (Olive-backed Sunbird)

[margaritaartist]

“Olive back Sunbirds”. Series: “For the Love of Wild life”. Acrylic on canvas

[wobblywurm]

Just some birbs I’ve spotted recently… ;D

1. Olive-backed sunbird

2. Gray Fantail

3. Australasian Figbird