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Chest Nut Headed Bee Eater
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Satish Hanumantha Rao (satish_h)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-05 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Nikon F-100, Fuji Provia 100 |
| Exposure: f/8.5 |
| Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-04-10 13:31 |
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| Favorites: 1 [view] |
| Points: 6 |
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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Meropidae
Genus: Merops
Species: M. leschenaulti
The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southeast Asia and Indonesia.
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is predominantly green, with blue on the rump and lower belly. Its face and throat are yellow with a black eye stripe, and the crown and nape are rich chestnut. The thin curved bill is black. Sexes are alike, but young birds are duller.This species is 18-20cm long; it lacks the two elongated central tail feathers possessed by most of its relatives.
This is a bird which breeds in sub-tropical open woodland, often near water. It is most common in highland areas. As the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch.
Source: wikipidia
Chest Nut Bee eater is found in higher altitude and in Karnataka, I photographed this Bird in Kudremukh. This place is a haven for birds and Insects. The Landscape is also beautiful, with lush green vegetation. These Birds nests on the road side on the mud banks. There were almost 5-6 nests, and we set up our hide for one. This pair was more co-operative (Accustomed for 15 days for the hide.) and for almost 15 days we photographed- whenever we had time.
Nikon- f100. Tokina-ATX- 100-300mm f.4
Exposure Auto- f-8.5. Provia 100asa rated at 160ASA. |
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a bee-eater in "action" - with - of course -
a bee! :-)
great shot, satish,
wonderful colors, good composition
and pov wth the branch through the photo
and the bud next to the bee-eater.
well seen & captured, thor.
This bee-eater is fantastic. Congratulations.
Maurizio
Hi,
Wow a bee eater with a bee! A superbly composed shot , but i would like to know why did you choosed vertical frame and not not horizontal?
Good Colors and POV.
Regards
Goutham R
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