Fire breasted flowerpecker

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thirtan - on the way to the Great Himalayan National Park.

I saw a flash of blue & looking closely saw it was something I hadn't seen before. It was quite a distance away - about 60-70 ft away, foraging. A lifer. It set the surroundings on fire to me

Nikon D 90, Nikkor 300 mm f 4 + TC 14E, at 420 mm, ISO 400, 1/1000s - F/5.6, -0.3EV

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Rare sighting. Imaginative composition. Lovely colourful male.....'Ore bhai phagun legeche bone bone...' Capture of a lifetime.
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sucheth Lingachar]

nice image and nice setup.... wish it could have been closer.....

[Mrudul Godbole]

Rare sighting. Very lucky to sight and photograph. Nice perch and eye contact. Thanks for sharing.

[Shyamala Kumar]

Rare capture.What colours!!.Wish it was closer.Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice you got this record shot. supposed to be the smallest bird seen in india.
TFS
Roopak

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks all - Shyamala, yes how I wish I had got it closer....but the sighting was a blink and you miss it types. Its so small and it was on a tree which was about 60ft down a steep slope, shit by sitting down on the side of the road, balanced precariously, with the Tirthan river raging down far below.
Rupak - yes, its supposed to be one of the smallest, however the pale billed flowerpecker is known as the smallest one I believe....

[Roopak Gangadharan]

i heard it is the smallest (under 7cm). although i have not seen a side by side comparison, it certainly looks smaller than a pale billed flower pecker.

Rgds
Roopak

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Compared 2 shots of these birds that I'd taken at different places. You may be right that the fire breasted flowerpecker is smaller....many internet sources put the pale billed to be smaller, incorrectly

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Beautiful image.........

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Superb. I am sure next time you will have a better view in better surroundings.