Blue Tailed Bee Eater

Thanks to Doina!

Maybe he made a Dosa filling out of the Bees. How it ate those,we will never know!

Hope it had some masala with that.

True to their name these birds eat bees.,When they come upon a hive, the birds gorge themselves—a researcher once found a hundred bees in the stomach of a bee-eater near a hive!

Thanks Aleja!!

Thank you J.

Fantastic, Emma!

Thanks Gabe and Thari.

Thank you Mayra!! :))

Wonderful colors!

Thank you so much Cole!

Got It!!!! :))

In what way Jasmine ? !

You cut it's head off!

Namitha, Athirapally is just a hours drive from Trivandrum. Besides Trivandrum has the famous" Neyyar," Wild Life Sanctuary too. Unfortunately I did not get to see these.

Great series!

added another pic which shows its eye coloration. Judging from the red eye this seems to be a Male. Female have brownish red eyes.

This bee eater was sunning itself.
Bee-eaters spend around 10% of their day on what are known as comfort activities. These include sunning themselves, dust bathing and water bathing. Sunning behaviour helps warm birds in the morning, reducing the need to use energy to raise the temperature.

Thnx Karen.

Uploaded more pics. Pic 2 shows it's blue tail clearly. Pic 3 shows it's habitat.It's habitat is the backwaters which has aquatic vegetation like lotus and Water Hyacinth. The Bee eater is perched on a brown pole which is used by fishermen to anchor their canoes. there is an abundance of Dragonflies which the bee-eater feeds on. The last two pics show the bee eater surveying it's territory.

Stunning shot Hema!

Thanks Antonio, It is a delite indeed to spot this bird.

Beautiful capture Hema,like a painting,congrats and thanks for sharing :-)

Hi Hema, I know I am missing out a lot of things, living in the Trivandrum city. I will make sure I will see more of my own state when I get time. I have heard that Kumarakam and Athiripily are amazing places but I have never gone there. Thank you for mentioning, I will try to go there.

Namitha,I was a tourist for a few days. You are so lucky to be living here. There is an abundance of wild life here. Make sure you don't miss out on it!These are taken near Kumarakoam and Athiripilly ,near the Anamalia mountain ranges.