European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

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Photo by DoinaRussu

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Bee-eater

Notes:

this male gives his female a dragonfly as wedding gift :)

Reference Links:

European Bee-eater

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Comments (52)

DoinaRussu

thanks a lot everyone!

Stanislav Greš

sharing with food :) , nice capture

surekha

Perfectly beautiful capture, Doina! Congrats!...belated though...LOVE these gorgeous birds!

Mona Pirih

Brilliant shot !!

DoinaRussu

Thank you very much for the kind words Jakubko and MayraSpringmann!:)

MayraSpringmann

FANTASTIC!!!!

Jacob Gorneau

Awesome spotting, Doina! What a fantastic encounter! Thank you for sharing these beautiful birds! A belated congratulations on spotting of the day!

DoinaRussu

Many, many thanks for your appreciation and the kind words! :) Wonderful weekend to all !

Fyn Kynd

Awesome spotting, congratulations!

YukoChartraw

Congratulations! SOTD is well-deserved for this lovely shot!

Scott Frazier

What a superb Spotting of the Day!

Tom15

Congratulations on your great picture!

LeanneGardner

Congratulations! This is such a wonderful photo :)

JillBlack

Congratulations on SOTD a wonderful photo

Carol Snow Milne 2

This is a wonderful photo I saw yesterday. You deserve SOTD. Lovely!

Reza Hashemizadeh

Congratulations on this wonderful SotD !

JorgeSilva2

Beautiful capture!!!

AntónioGinjaGinja

Beautiful capture,very apropriated for the Valentine day :-) congrats on the SOTD,thanks for sharing such a amazing spotting page

kittuandme

Stunning! congrats Doina!

Wild Things

Congrats!!

Josh Asel

gorgeous shot and description! well deserved congrats!

Sachin Zaveri

Congratulations Doina Russu

DoinaRussu

Ashish, thank you very much for your kind words and good news! :)

NuwanChathuranga

Cograts Doina, supurb capture !

DoinaRussu

Many, many thanks everyone! I am honored! Karen, thanks a lot for your appreciation!

Ashish

No doubt such great timed spotting is worth of a honor.... Doina's Bee-eater pictures are lessons of Photography and knowing something unusual about these colourfull amazing birds.

AshleyT

Congrats Donia! What a lovely pair of beautiful birds :)

KarenL

What a perfect photo for Valentine's day Doina! This romantic couple has earned you spotting of the day! Male bee-eaters feed their mates tasty morsels as part of their courtship ritual. Although usually monogamous, occasional bigamy has been encountered among males. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152555725310603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/302260676909473792

Seema

nice...may be Valentine gift :)

patty

I feel sorry for the poor dragonfly who has become part of the bird´s food in the food chain chain; the birds are very beautiful and the picture is great Doina. Greetings

ianmaton

Fantastic photograph!

rivu.ghorai

very beautiful...

Reza Hashemizadeh

Wonderful !

Carol Snow Milne 2

WOW! Fantastic! Happy Valentine's Day. LOL

Braulio Rivas Tapia

Lovely!

Kranti Dhiman

awesome !

DoinaRussu

many thanks everyone! :)

Ali Hemati Pour

Beautiful...

Telse

Sweet! Very nice capture Doina.

Sachin Zaveri

Lovely,,

DoinaRussu

Good luck, Elsa!! :) ....I wish very much to see what do they do when not in Romania..:)

DoinaRussu

Many thanks for yor visit, Ashish! Have a great Valentine;s Day :)

Ashish

Wonderful Day for such Great Spotting .....

Elsa

I will try my best! I suspect this is one of the final stops before back to Romania and other European countries. Apparently they only stick around for 1-2 weeks so I need to keep my eyes peeled! :)

DoinaRussu

YukoChartraw, SatyenM, many thanks for visiting :)

DoinaRussu

Many thanks, Elsa! ...I can not wait to return to my country, in May!! :)) Until then, I expect pictures of you :)

YukoChartraw

Beautiful & lovely shot!

Elsa

Spectacular photo, perfect for Valentines. I cannot wait for these beauties to pass through Qatar.

DoinaRussu

Thank you very much for the kind words, Hemma! I wish you a wonderful day! :)

HemaShah

Same to you Donna.:)) We are very happy to see you after so long! Beautiful capture as always!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing.