Catch Of The Day - Rainbow Bee-Eaters (Landscape)

Frances McMahonSKU: Frances McMahon
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On a recent bird photography tour to the NT, I was struck by the incredible beauty of these birds and how common they are! The combination of cinnamon and sky blue colours in their plumage is both unusual and stunning. After taking many hundreds of photos, I couldn't wait to get home to start painting.

Bee-eaters have a particular liking for bees, but do snap up other flying insects, including dragonflies, as depicted here. Considering the speed and agility of dragonflies, catching one is no mean feat!

Like all bee-eaters, they are ground-nesting birds. They are believed to mate for life. They dig a narrow tunnel and the birds' bodies press so tightly against the tunnel walls that the entering and exiting of the tunnel acts like a tiny piston, pumping in fresh air and expelling stale air. 

Rainbow bee-eaters are the only species of Meropidae found in Australia and is monotypic, meaning there are no subspecies.
SKILL LEVEL:  Medium

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