
Oh my goodness, they are so pretty. I love to see good pictures of birds. Do they really eat bees? Good show!!!!!!!!!!!! EZ
Beautiful! Yes, they really do eat bees, as well as wasps and other insects. They hunt flycatcher-like, from a perch, flying out to swoop up a bug, then back to the perch to await another. They remove the stingers when necessary by hitting their catch repeatedly against a hard surface. These appear to be European Bee-eaters. The sexes are similarly colored, so this is most likely a mating display. How wonderful to get such a good photo that a few seconds of research can help me identify a species I’ve never seen in the wild! Thanks so much.
Can’t afford to have them near my farm.
Beekeeper.
This is such a beautiful photograph – thank you for sharing! I have it set as my desktop because I like it so much!
Perfect. Indeed, truly great pose. Ideal for a poster or a card.
Wow .. Amazing shot
Superp shot.
Beautiful birds! Nice picture.
What a wonderful shot. Of course, I love the colors, and the spread tails and the one playfully biting the other…and the clarity of the red eyes. Excellent in every way!
I adore these birds, they are gorgeous, as is this photo. It is very well done, and Happy Birthday to the best shot publisher I know. Fabulous capture of the creatures on this lovely Earth we all share. Thanks!
very nice vivid shot. great capture and nice colors. I like the closeup of both birds with the the background blurred.
I’d love to have copies for note cards.
Your beautiful photograph looks similar to a photo I took recently in our back yard. We have rainbow bee eaters burrowing their nests each year on our property in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. We can sit and watch them for hours at a time.
Where did you take this photo?
Just beautiful
lovely shot just one bird would have been lovely but the two together…… fantastic
Wonderful so colourful
They kinda look fake to me, but the colors are wonderful!