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Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Photo by Atul
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beautiful birds primarily feeding on insects ,they actually catch insects in mid air ,take the insect on a small branch thrashes it to remove its sting and then eat it.in the third pic u can see it thrashing the insect.

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