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Two Bee Eaters by Edri Shimon
Saturday, 1st November 2008

Two Bee Eaters

by Edri Shimon

Equipment: Nikon D300 & Nikon 600MM F4
Edri Shimon
34 years old from PARDES-HANA ISRAEL
Website: Website

Two Bee Eaters by Edri Shimon was photo of the day on Saturday, 1st November 2008. It is tagged , . You can leave a comment below.

18 Comments

Eileen

1st November 2008 at 2:00 am

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

1st November 2008 at 3:09 am

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

1st November 2008 at 6:05 am

Can’t afford to have them near my farm.
Beekeeper.

Jenny Mack

1st November 2008 at 7:54 am

This is such a beautiful photograph – thank you for sharing! I have it set as my desktop because I like it so much! :)

Anurag

1st November 2008 at 8:07 am

Perfect. Indeed, truly great pose. Ideal for a poster or a card.

1st November 2008 at 8:19 am

Wow .. Amazing shot :)

Keith C Towers

1st November 2008 at 9:41 am

Superp shot.

planet lover

1st November 2008 at 11:52 am

Beautiful birds! Nice picture.

1st November 2008 at 1:14 pm

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

1st November 2008 at 1:49 pm

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!

1st November 2008 at 2:17 pm

very nice vivid shot. great capture and nice colors. I like the closeup of both birds with the the background blurred.

1st November 2008 at 3:43 pm

I’d love to have copies for note cards.

Trevor

2nd November 2008 at 12:19 am

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?

3rd November 2008 at 9:41 am

Just beautiful

Su

7th November 2008 at 8:29 pm

lovely shot just one bird would have been lovely but the two together…… fantastic

Su

1st November 2009 at 11:28 am

Wonderful so colourful

renee

1st November 2009 at 6:35 pm

They kinda look fake to me, but the colors are wonderful!

1st November 2010 at 3:19 pm

A perfectly STELLAR shot! The pose is super splendid and incredibly amazing!
NICE glass!

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