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Orthotomus sutorius
size 13cm.It is olive green in color with white underparts and rust colored crown. It also has two elongated pinpointed feathers in the tail.
spotted in Devil's Ivy in my garden.
After a long struggle with a crow mother of these two birds died,but luckily they were grown enough to face the world.
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So cuteee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, so sweet!!
I have always wanted to see that nest personally.
Susi T-B i have uploaded it again :)
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Thanks for sharing such interesting picture... Its wonderful to learn about this kind nest. Good job Gopal.
AshishNimkar thanks i have added a pic of its nest...thanks Arun...
R.I.P brave mom!
Thank you Ava, I definitely read it wrong. Sad about mom but glad these two were ok!
Beautiful picture and glad there was a happy ending for the little fledglings!
great learning and spotting Gopal.. Please add if you have captured entire nest... This is very wonderful spotting...!!
I think the babies were fine Cindy, but the mother died.
Interesting nest structure with the leaf. Sad to hear about the babies outcome.
nice spotting ..
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...