Golden-winged sunbird        Images © Mark A. Chappell



Sunbirds, like this male golden-winged sunbird feeding on a Leonotis plant, are the ecological equivalents of hummingbirds in Africa and Asia. I photographed these birds in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi, Kenya.

  • Nikon F, Leitz 560 mm f5.6 Telyt, High-Speed Ektachrome film (1973)