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About the BeeEater: (From Wikipedia)
The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.
Just as the expressive name reveals, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch. While they will lively pursue any type of flying insect, honeybees predominate their diet. The world range of the bee-eaters is nearly congruent to the native world range of the four species of honeybees. Fry et al. (1992) says that "in 20 separate studies of the diet of 16 kinds of bee-eaters, Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) comprised from 20% to 96% of all insects eaten, and honeybees formed on average about one-third of the Hymenoptera." The areal dymanics of catching an insect in the air is referred to as sallying. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface, during this process pressure is applied to the insect extracting most of the venom. Once an insect lands the bee-eater ignores it, even if in plain sight. Bee-eaters are just programmed to catch things on the wing.
Technical Spec
Shooting Mode Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length 300.0 mm
Image Size 3504x2336
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto |
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Très belle pose de cet oiseau au repos, sans doute après avoir avalé trop d'abeilles!
Ses couleurs sont impressionnantes et le rendement des détails est bon. Félicitations, Enrique.
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