Blue tailed bee eater

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Shot in Jhirna range of the Corbett national park, earlier this May.

There was an entire colony and they nest in holes at ground level.

Shot with the Nikon D 90, Nikkor 300 mm F4 + 1.4 TC, at 420 mm, ISO 320, 1/250 s - F/5.6

[Mangru Minz]

Good eye contact with fine details. Composition looks little tight for me.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice eye contact. Colours look natural. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely perch and eye contact. Nice colours. April, May is there nesting period, and the male and female can be seen frequenting the nests in the holes to feed the young. Is this full frame? Thanks for sharing.

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

Lovely perch. Nice detailed color & sharpness. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice sighting. Looks like there was slight backlight. Eye contact is nice. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Thanks all...Mrudul, this is a 10% crop, yes Apr, May is peak nesting and we observed couples dissappearing into their 'hole' nests with bees in their beaks.