Rainbow Bee-eater

AllannAllann Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
edited January 10, 2011 in Wildlife
This is another wonderful bird that lives close by. It catches insects on the wing (whilst it's flying) and is amazing to watch.

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Thanks for looking
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 6, 2011
    Amazing. :wow
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  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,974 moderator
    edited January 6, 2011
    Beautiful!

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  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Lovely shot!
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    Allann, very nice shot of a great looking bird. Something that I would love to photograph one day. But we don't get them here.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    Lovely capture of a beautiful subject. My only nit is the centered comp.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2011
    Super clap.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2011
    Love the color on this bird. :D
  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2011
    Just gorgeous. I am incredibly jealous.

    I finally saw (and attempted to photograph) one of these in Little Desert National Park about two weeks ago. I keep looking at this picture, then at the best of my attempts... and mine doesn't even look like the same species.
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Lovely capture of a beautiful subject. My only nit is the centered comp.

    15524779-Ti.gif A tighter crop with off center subject using the rule of thirds would help the visual impact of this image. Taking some BG off the left side along with a little off the bottom and just a tad off the right might be nice.

    Interesting bird. Lots of interesting birds we never see here in Florida (US). Thanks for sharing.
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  • AllannAllann Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited January 9, 2011
    Due to popular demand, here is the cropped version.
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    But thought I'd include some more images, still centered, but couldn't help that as they are full frame to start with so not much room to more
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    This final one is actually a different sub species from Western Australia, instead of Queensland. They breed in holes in the sand that they dig, and take turns catching and delivering insects to the young. With how busy this pair were, I'm assuming they had 2 in the nest, but I wasn't getting any closer to check.
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    Hope you like them. And thanks for the comments so far.
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  • RedFish71`RedFish71` Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited January 9, 2011
    really like the repost!! strongest of all the rest!
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  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2011
    ...wow.
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