A Ruby-topaz Hummingbird was photographed on the island of Aruba by Michiel Oversteegen, and the image highlighted last week’s theme of Bird Photography – the Top 25 Bird Photographs.
Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher was photographed in India by Meeshan Agrawal, one of many exceptional photographers who contributed digital photos taken around the world.
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Bird Photography was the theme for last week’s National Geographic–Wild Birds Revolution Top 25 Bird Photographs. Photographing birds is certainly a unique challenge, but if you need a little extra inspiration, wait till you see the photos of such captivating birds of the world as a Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher, Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, Fire-tailed Sunbird, Oriental Magpie Robin, Painted Stork, and Greater Flamingo among many others.
Overall, the mission of Wild Birds Revolution is to build a global community around the freedom and beauty of birds in the wild as ambassadors for the natural ecosystems they depend upon. They are the music, decoration, and character of every terrestrial habitat on the planet and have been around since the dinosaurs. They are the witnesses and ambassadors of the awesome power of nature.
The wide availability of good optics has opened the world of birds to us during recent decades, and talented photographers using affordable digital cameras with telephoto lenses are delivering brilliant digital bird images around the world to capture people’s attention. To view all 25 dramatic bird photos shared last week on the National Geographic website, see