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(Little) Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Description:

Many shades of green, chestnut brown, black, touch of white...a riot of colours and a trilling call that is melodious.

Habitat:

At night they sit side by side almost huddling on a branch...never been able to photograph this because there is never enough light and they disperse at dawn.

Notes:

It hits the poor bee repeatedly before eating it. Apparently this way the sting falls off and the bird can ingest the bee withing risking hurt.

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3 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

Thanks Adarsha B S and AustinC

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 9 years ago

Ooooh..nice capture :)

AustinC
AustinC 9 years ago

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Apr 22, 2014
Submitted on Apr 22, 2014

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