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Rusty flower-piercer

Diglossa sittoides

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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This rusty flowerpiercer led me on a merry chase. In the end I got a couple decent photos. Note the oddly crossed beak used to pierce the base of the flower

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