Saturday, 1st November 2008
Two Bee Eaters
by Edri Shimon
Equipment: Nikon D300 & Nikon 600MM F4
Two Bee Eaters by Edri Shimon was photo of the day on Saturday, 1st November 2008. It is tagged Birds, Wildlife. You can leave a comment below.
18 Comments
Eileen
Oh my goodness, they are so pretty. I love to see good pictures of birds. Do they really eat bees? Good show!!!!!!!!!!!! EZ
Katherine Lee Strassburg
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.
isaac
Can’t afford to have them near my farm.
Beekeeper.
Jenny Mack
This is such a beautiful photograph – thank you for sharing! I have it set as my desktop because I like it so much!
Anurag
Perfect. Indeed, truly great pose. Ideal for a poster or a card.
Saleh Rubat
Wow .. Amazing shot
Keith C Towers
Superp shot.
planet lover
Beautiful birds! Nice picture.
Pops Digital
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!
Sue Gagnon
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!
Malta Photography
very nice vivid shot. great capture and nice colors. I like the closeup of both birds with the the background blurred.
Marie Dunphy Harding
I’d love to have copies for note cards.
Trevor
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?
Pauline Jones
Just beautiful
Su
lovely shot just one bird would have been lovely but the two together…… fantastic
Su
Wonderful so colourful
renee
They kinda look fake to me, but the colors are wonderful!
Deborah Flowers
A perfectly STELLAR shot! The pose is super splendid and incredibly amazing!
NICE glass!