Bence Mate / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) one taking off another perched, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Wim van den Heever / White-fronted bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides) perched near to nesting holes Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Wim van den Heever / Little bee eaters (Merops pusillus) two, with one landing on branch with a fly in its beak. Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Roger Powell / Pair of European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) on a bank above their nest hole in front of flowers. Note regurgitated pellets of insect remains. Alentejo, Portugal, April.
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Roger Powell / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) with a bee landing on a branch by its mate. Alentejo, Portugal, May.
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Roger Powell / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) courting a female by offering her a Small Copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas). Alentejo, Portugal, April.
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Theo Allofs / Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) group, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) and Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus) as passenger, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Graeme Guy/ BIA / Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) trio with insect prey, Penang, Malaysia
Staffan Widstrand / Pair of Eurasian bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) during courtship, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.
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Staffan Widstrand / Pair of Eurasian bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) perched on branch, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.
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Staffan Widstrand / Pair of Eurasian bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) during courtship, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.
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Bernard Castelein / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) with Widow dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) prey in beak, Allahein river, The Gambia.
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Bruce Thomson / Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) perching in tree, Cape York, Queensland, Australia.
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Klein & Hubert / Pair of Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) nest building in a vertical bank of the Luangwa River at the beginning of the breeding season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.
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Klein & Hubert / A colony of Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) nest building in a vertical bank of the Luangwa River at the beginning of the breeding season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.
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Klein & Hubert / A colony of Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) nest building in a vertical bank of the Luangwa River at the beginning of the breeding season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.