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Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Blåhalebieter - Merops philippinus
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Bee-eaters are colourful, obvious, very easy to photograph and extremely photogenic. They are a feature throughout the places I have visited in Asia and attractive to both birders and non-birders alike.

Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Goa, India, November 2017
Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Benaulim, Goa, India, November 2017
Here shown regurgitating a pellet






Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Goa, India, November 2017
Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Benaulim, Goa, India, November 2017
Like many species of birds Bee-eater cough up pellets of indigestable material - insect bits and pieces in this case.


Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Goa, India, November 2017
Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Benaulim, Goa, India, November 2017


Picture taken with hand-held DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens







Green Bee-eater, Goa, India, November 2017
Green Bee-eater for comparison, this was the commonest Bee-eater I saw around Goa in November 2017.




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