The Zorro Bird by byronbackyard
A striking, colourful bird, the Rainbow Bee-eater is medium sized, with a long slim curved bill and a long tail with distinctive tail-streamers. It has a golden crown and a red eye set in a wide black stripe from the base of the bill to the ears, which is edged with a thin blue line. The throat is orange-yellow, with a broad black band separating it from a green breast. The upperparts are green, with the flight feathers coppery and black tipped. The underwings are bright orange, with a black edge. The lower abdomen is blue. The tail is black, including the long tail streamers, with a blue tinge. Females have shorter, thicker tail streamers than males, but are otherwise similar.
Comments
Nicely framed! Well captured, Byron!
Many thanks Daniel!
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Great shot!
Many thanks!
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Lovely shot! What a magnificent little fellow he is !
thanks Trish, they are very colorful and make a kind of happy chirping noise all the time!
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Very good catch! and well composed, too
Many thanks … my own opinion of my own work is that it’s a reasonable shot, not great …. yes realistic but overall not inspired or of great impact. On the other hand .. they’re not easy birds to catch or get close to so on that score a lucky shot!
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What a beautiful bird. Great shot!
Thanks Deborah!
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Lovely capture !
Many thanks!
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Beautiful!
Many thanks!
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magnificent capture, what a beautiful bird
Thanks Kathy, they are beautiful and very chirpy!
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great capture of an fantastic species, Cheers, Steve
Many thanks Steve, lucky shot, so hard to get close!
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July 15, 2010
Many thanks Teresa!
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