#rainbowbeeeater — Public Fediverse posts

Here's a rainbow bee-eater taking a Red Arrows approach to bathing #BirdOfTheDay 'Any Bird Having a Bath', in this case off the high board, no tuck, degree of difficulty 6.5 #photography #birds #humour #bathing #RainbowBeeEater #Ngurrungurrudjba #Kakadu #EastCoastKin

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🌏 Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) #AustralasianBirds #AustralianBirds #AsianBirds | #RainbowBeeEater #MeropsOrnatus | #BeeEaters #BeeEaterFamily 📷: Photo by Kanenori🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Rainbow bee-eater descending a staircase (apologies to Duchamp) (Merops ornatus)(Marcel Duchamp, 'Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2' 1912) A repost, but perfect for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #photography #birds #RainbowBeeEater #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #BIF

Spring has most definitely sprung down by the ferry terminal at UQ today.

Rainbow Bee-eaters taking advantage of the warm afternoon.

(and yes, I do feel like a paparazzi now... hiding in the bushes with a long lens photographing, well, this...)

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After finding the Buff-banded Rail chicks, I decided to continue on to check on the Rainbow Bee-eaters.

When I arrived, there was another person with camera there, and it turned out to be a fellow mastodonian!

The bee-eaters were mostly up high, but this one popped down in the shade briefly, providing a decent opportunity for an high-key shot.

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Because I had the camera with me anyway from shooting the comet this morning, I went for a wander at lunchtime down to the ferry terminal to visit the Rainbow Bee-eaters again.

This time I was lugging the 200mm f/1.8L lens, with 2x teleconverter on it. It's shorter (400mm) than my regular birding lens, and also weighs twice as much, but I got a few decent shots all the same.

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I had a hot tip there were nesting Rainbow Bee-eaters down by the ferry terminal at work. So at lunchtime I went for a wander, and the tipster was not wrong.

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Beautiful day in Brisbane today. The sunshine really made these Rainbow Bee Eaters colours pop!
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I went to Sir John Chandler Park this afternoon in the hope of seeing nesting Rainbow Bee-Eaters, but I was about a month too late.

However, all was not lost, there was this juvenile. Somewhat muted colours on the younger birds, and the overcast conditions didn't help a great deal.

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Here are more photos of the visiting Rainbow Bee-Eater in the Melaleuca (paperbark). (It came back.)

It's been a bit warm, so its mouth and wings have opened to catch the breeze.

Front and back view, showing its colourful plumage.

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Female Rainbow Bee-eater at UQ down by the Brisbane River today around lunchtime.

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We visited a park well known for having nesting Rainbow Bee-Eaters this afternoon and were not disappointed :)

Only one pair today, but that was enough to get some pretty photos of them.

The male is the one with the longer tail plumes.

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Rainbow Bee-eaters, a Sacred Kingfisher, and a White-breasted Woodswallow.

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Sorry / Not Sorry, I couldn't resist posting another Rainbow Bee-Eater shot.

They really are very pretty.

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On the way home, on the recommendation from Dr Nick, I stopped off at Sir John Chandler Park to photograph Rainbow Bee-eaters, and I'm very glad I did.

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