Its a new passion. Bird spotting.

I spotted this bird in the middle of the afternoon when I heard a unique (kinda metallic) bird call. It moved with the celerity of a tailor bird; vanishing, appearing and then vanishing again.  Hence, I could hardly see the bird just knew that it was a new one.  I noticed it's bill only after I reviewed the pictures that I clicked.  The purple sunbird  is a small  sunbird .  A sunbird typically has a long thin down-curved beak.  Like other sunbirds, purple sunbirds feed mainly on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their fast and direct flight makes clicking their photographs quite a challenge.  They  can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird but often perch at the base of flowers. The males appear all black except in some lighting when the purple iridescence becomes visible. Females are olive above and yellowish below.

Hello to all the viewers! I am moving from Calcutta. Calcutta will remain special since my passion for bird spotting started here and so did this blog. All the birds that I would spot and read about would periodically go into this blog. I must have spotted and clicked some 30 species of birds by now. I have learnt much about the birds. Whenever there is an oriole or a bulbul or barbet singing outside my window, I know without looking that it's an oriole or some other bird for that matter. I recognize bird calls. I hope Jaipur is as exciting as Calcutta was. Chirping trees to all.. :)