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Tiniest Bird Uses A Flower Petal As Her Bathtub
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https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/tiniest-bird-uses-a-flower-petal-as-her-bathtub
Tiniest Bird Uses A Flower Petal As Her Bathtub
“This was really a once-in-a-lifetime moment."
By Lily Feinn
Published on 5/6/2021 at 4:43 PM
For the past six years, Rahul Singh has photographed the wildlife around his home in Jalpaiguri, India. He’s snapped candid moments with elephants, rhinos, deer, jackals and monkeys, but his true passion is for the colorful birds who nest around his city.
Last August, he captured a moment that left him stunned.
“I visited a place where there were bushes of these ornamental bananas to take photos of sunbirds sucking nectar from it,” Singh told The Dodo. “Everything was going as usual when, suddenly, I was shocked that the crimson sunbird started taking a bath in the water stored in the banana flower petal.”
Early-morning drizzle had collected in the bowl-like red petal of the banana flower, and the 4-inch-long songbird wasn't going to let it go to waste on a hot day.
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“This was really a once-in-a-lifetime moment."
By Lily Feinn
Published on 5/6/2021 at 4:43 PM
For the past six years, Rahul Singh has photographed the wildlife around his home in Jalpaiguri, India. He’s snapped candid moments with elephants, rhinos, deer, jackals and monkeys, but his true passion is for the colorful birds who nest around his city.
Last August, he captured a moment that left him stunned.
“I visited a place where there were bushes of these ornamental bananas to take photos of sunbirds sucking nectar from it,” Singh told The Dodo. “Everything was going as usual when, suddenly, I was shocked that the crimson sunbird started taking a bath in the water stored in the banana flower petal.”
Early-morning drizzle had collected in the bowl-like red petal of the banana flower, and the 4-inch-long songbird wasn't going to let it go to waste on a hot day.
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