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Colombia – Llanos life

  • at their breeding grounds
  • Southern Carmine Bee-eaters
  • nest in colonies….
  • in the steep banks of rivers
  • Southern Carmine Bee-eaters
  • over 10,000 birds…
  • at some colonies!
  • Colorful birds at sunset…
  • over the South Luangwa River
  • & near the banks of the river
  • Southern Carmine Bee-eaters..
  • hunt while flying…
  • and return to nest holes
  • Their diet is made of bees…
  • and other flying insects…
  • like butterfly
  • Southern Carmine Bee-eater..
  • with a Skipper Butterfly…
  • a food for the chicks
  • Southern Carmine Bee-eaters
  • are sociable…
  • and gathering together
  • They nest in burrows…
  • tunneled in sandy banks…