Uploads from Rainbirder, tagged littlebeeeater

Little Bee-eater

nobody@flickr.com (Rainbirder) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:31:10 -0700

Rainbirder posted a photo:

Photographed in the late afternoon sun at Makasutu in The Gambia.

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Wee Beez

nobody@flickr.com (Rainbirder) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:14:48 -0800

Rainbirder posted a photo:

Three Little Bee-eaters photographed at Makasutu in The Gambia.

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Pardon me!

nobody@flickr.com (Rainbirder) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:17:01 -0800

Rainbirder posted a photo:

Wee-Bees (Little Bee-eaters) consume a wide range of insects. When they catch significant numbers of flying beetles the indigestible chitin accumulates and is regurgitated as a small hard pellet.

Image taken in Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya.

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Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus)

nobody@flickr.com (Rainbirder) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:55:24 -0700

Rainbirder posted a photo:

Headshot of the East African race of Little Bee-eater showing the prominent blue supra-orbital stripe.
Image taken at Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya.

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Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus cyanostictus) -best viewed large

nobody@flickr.com (Rainbirder) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:53:59 -0800

Rainbirder posted a photo:

This is the subspecies cyanostictus of Somalia and Eastern Kenya. The blue supercilium adds that refined touch to this bonny wee bird!
Image taken in Buffalo Springs NP, Kenya.

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