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| Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
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| Photographer : | © Arun Agnihotri |
| Location : | Vadodara, Gujarat, India |
| Date : |
9 January 2010 |
| English synonyms: | Small Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Small Green Bee-eater, Ceylon Green Bee-eater (ceylonicus), Asian Green Bee-eater |
| Bird Family : | Meropidae - Bee-eaters |
| Bird Group : | CORACIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | It was a very cold, windy morning and I spotted 17 of them huddled together. All looking around... some would dart away for that tasty insect; the gap quickly being closed so that those flying out were forced to take the extreme corners on return! Remarkable...and then I rushed for my camera and slowly tried to get as close as possible. They split and I was left with two small groups. Couldn't get any closer. - AA |
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