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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti

Description:

Sand bathing

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19 Comments

DonnaBollenbach
DonnaBollenbach 11 years ago

Sweet!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

interesting!!

redyellgrn99
redyellgrn99 11 years ago

What an interesting pose for the shot!

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

What a gorgeous bird and capture!!

Yes , Ursula, This habit is commonly seen.

Ursula
Ursula 11 years ago

like chickens do-they also bath in a sand or in similar textures

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 11 years ago

so adorable...good timing

No Seema, they dosand bathing as a habit

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

nice!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

Oh so cute !!

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

I thought its injured and lying helpless :)

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Would almost look like it tripped. So cute and colorful

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow! Nice capture!!

lori.tas
lori.tas 11 years ago

Lovely.

elaphrus
elaphrus 11 years ago

Nice behavioral shot.

Ursula
Ursula 11 years ago

cute! :)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Lovely.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

An Interesting capture,

Uva Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Mar 24, 2013
Submitted on Apr 9, 2013

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