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The Green Bee-eater, Merops orientalis, (sometimes Little Green Bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident but prone to seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam. They are mainly insect eaters and they are found in grassland, thin scrub and forest often quite far from water. Several regional plumage variations are known and several subspecies have been named.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bee-eater)
Livan good observation i did not notice it,pic 5 and 6 are shot in different time. need to check about it.
Very beautiful picture. I'm wondering though, what are those 2 apparently shorter feathers with the black dot that show up in the middle of the wings in pic 1??? They don't show up in pics 5 or 6 (assuming these pic are of the same individual, are they? Is it a gender thing?), and I don't see them in any other Internet picture of this bird. Ex: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rracine1/72...
This has to be getting close to the pinnacle of bird photography (Not that I would know) It is a beautiful set of images
Wonderful series Hemant..! Loved each n every frame..:-) Truely deserves a SOTD..!
Impressive!. Its a shame we are still on Snake week, I think deserves a SODT
Spotted on Sep 21, 2012
Submitted on Sep 21, 2012
