tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post5944604299125139359..comments2023-10-19T16:41:02.946+02:00Comments on mainly mongoose: A blessing of bee-eatersmainly mongoose (Lynda)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-61382626676669389252011-03-22T16:49:24.127+02:002011-03-22T16:49:24.127+02:00Meera,
You're lucky seeing the Blue-tailed. As...Meera,<br />You're lucky seeing the Blue-tailed. As far as I know, all bee-eaters go in for burrowing. It's weird that such a gifted aeronaut should choose to poke about underground!<br /><br />Diane,<br />Have you seen them bathing? They're amazing. They plunge dive, zooming along above the water and then hitting the surface at speed, creating a plume of spray.<br /><br />Janet,<br />I think birds do this to disturb us. They like to see a look of consternation on human faces.<br /><br />John,<br />I'm looking forward to hearing about your Ugandan adventures. My own 'thrilling' bee-eater is the Carmine. I see them flitting through here but they don't loiter as the bush is too dense. I have to make a pilgrimage to Kruger to get my carmine 'fix'.mainly mongoose (Lynda)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05917384766182752791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-40469889919541867872011-03-22T04:11:19.679+02:002011-03-22T04:11:19.679+02:00Great post, I so enjoyed seeing White-fronted Bee-...Great post, I so enjoyed seeing White-fronted Bee-eaters, and and four other species in South Africa last year. A few days ago I returned from Uganda where I got to see seven species of bee-eater. My target species was the mystical Black Bee-eater,(an inadequate name for a very colorful bird), and what a thrill it was to watch them capture dragonflys on the wing.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008523039059312800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-56837215507418171082011-03-19T00:11:20.873+02:002011-03-19T00:11:20.873+02:00Wonderful post on a bird I know nothing about- che...Wonderful post on a bird I know nothing about- cheers! Here in northern California, I'd been birding for 20 yrs before finding a group of our very common Brewer's blackbirds doing that sort of sunning - not in one heap, but a flock of them with individual birds looking they'd had seizures in that very weird position you describe, while others seemed to be staying alert to guard agains predators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-44410388780862568682011-03-18T19:15:51.410+02:002011-03-18T19:15:51.410+02:00What an interesting post. I have seen them nestin...What an interesting post. I have seen them nesting but never sleeping in the sun. That must be quite something. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767913719381352936.post-76221385837081777882011-03-18T16:07:55.388+02:002011-03-18T16:07:55.388+02:00I love bee eaters (I've only ever seen one spe...I love bee eaters (I've only ever seen one species, the Blue-tailed, in Singapore). I had no idea about the burrowing White-fronteds do! That is the coolest. :)Meerahttp://www.scienceessayist.com/noreply@blogger.com