As the name suggests, bee eaters like to eat bees. They tend to sit on familiar perches for a while, then dart off to attempt mid-air grabs — usually of bees, but also wasps and flying ants. They won’t eat the bee at first, but will smash it against the perch to remove any stingers. These bee eaters were photographed in Bandhavgarh National Park in India.
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As the name suggests, bee eaters like to eat bees. They tend to sit on familiar perches for a while, then dart off to attempt mid-air grabs — usually of bees, but also wasps and flying ants. They won’t eat the bee at first, but will smash it against the perch to remove any stingers. These bee eaters were photographed in Bandhavgarh National Park in India.
They are so cool! Love the colors.
Beautiful birds – like little jewels!
gorgeous!
LOVE these birds, cause they actually eat the things I hate the most!
beautiful shot! incidentally, do you know how i’d go about getting a job as a professional bird namer? seems like a pretty easy gig…
Great looking birds. Love the colors.