2005.04.21 La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
CJ David spotted this Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) along the higway while driving.
Photograph was taken using a Canon EOS 300D with 80-400mm lens.
This bird, about 290mm in length is a resident of the Philippines fairly common in open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.
It has a cousin - the Blue-throated Bee-eater which I also encountered in Subic, Zambales and have observed catching an insect on the fly! Wow!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
It's a Bird! Blue-tailed Bee-eater in La Carlota City
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2 comments:
another nice photo! have you captured the blue-throated bee-eater catching an insect on camera?
Yes I did Danny. But not when it flew and caught its insect-meal.
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