Opening day! ‘Blend In: Echoes’ opens tonight 6-8pm at Foster/White Gallery. If you’re in the Seattle area, please drop by and check out the new work🐤😆

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Despite a tight travel budget last year, I still made it to #SouthAfrica and tallied 60 bird species in just four days of #birding. A standout moment was spotting the dazzling #SouthernDoubleCollaredSunbird at #KirstenboschGardens.

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🌍 Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) The Southern double-collared sunbird, also known as the Lesser double-collared sunbird, is a small, iridescent bird with a long, down-curved bill. Males are predominantly green with a blue throat, a red breastband, and whitish underparts, while females are duller green with yellow-green underparts. They are agile birds that are often seen hovering at flowers to feed on nectar. Southern double-collared sunbirds are mainly resident, but are partially migratory in the north-east of their range. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Distribution: Southern Africa. Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Passeriformes (Passerines/Perching birds) Family: Nectariniidae (Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) Genus: Cinnyris (Double-collared sunbirds) Species: C. chalybeus (Southern double-collared sunbird) CC: JYXS 📷: Photo by Leanne67 via Pixabay

🌍 Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) #Africanbirds | #SouthernDoubleCollaredSunbird #LesserDoubleCollaredSunbird | #DoubleCollaredSunbirds #CollaredSunbirds #Sunbirds #PerchingBirds | 📷: Photo by Leanne67 🦜 #BirdsOfTheWorld #BOTW #birds