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A photographic essay of a colony of Chestnut-headed bee-eaters.
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......and more moths.
Finally on the 10th May a chick appeared at the nest entrance to get a look at the outside world. incubation takes 24-30 days and fledging takes 28-36 days. only one fairly developed chick was sighted. Many Bee-eater species have been shown to have asynchronous egg hatching with a distinct difference between chick development. It is possible that this chick was the last of the brood. The adults did not appear again in later days. The chick shown has most of the adult color except the front of the head is green and not chestnut colored. The whole nesting cycle of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater colony took essentially 5 months from late December to mid to late May.
As the sun tinges the cloud-heads at the end of the day the nesting area, once abuzz with the sound of nesting bee-eaters, is comparatively quiet.
Chestnut-headed bee-eater pair
It appears that Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters have secret jive sessions. When Bee-eaters are perched on a thickish branch, such as the one shown, when they want to do a 180 degree about-turn they sort of jump up and swing the tail around. This shot caught a pair of them in mirror-image synchrony.
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater bashing a bee.
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater changing its perching direction
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater with a bee
Chestnut-headed bee-eater pair
As the sun tinges the cloud-heads at the end of the day the nesting area, once abuzz with the sound of nesting bee-eaters, is comparatively quiet.
As the sun tinges the cloud-heads at the end of the day the nesting area, once abuzz with the sound of nesting bee-eaters, is comparatively quiet.
As the sun tinges the cloud-heads at the end of the day the nesting area, once abuzz with the sound of nesting bee-eaters, is comparatively quiet.
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