This photo gallery showcases the Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus, getting on with its life. Johnny Wee visited the Seletar Aerospace Park between November 2021 and January 2022 and was rewarded […]
![BeeEaterBT [AmarSingh] (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBT-AmarSingh-1-q8dgik0fsgdhkyvjzv9yl1wrz2ops5hcwc02t21z00.jpg "BeeEaterBT [AmarSingh] (1)")
“I saw these two Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Merops philippinus philippinus) that were part of a family group of 4 birds. One bird was in moult with a shorter tail streamer and […]
Jeremiah Loei‘s video recorded the calls of the Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) when it was perching on a branch of a tree. The bee-eater was responding to another calling from […]
Bee-eaters are so-named because they specialise in catching bees. In addition to bees, they also take carpenter bees, wasps, hornets… not to mention dragonflies, cicadas, beetles, ants, crickets, termites, butterflies, […]
![BeeEaterBlTl-insect [KC Chan].jpg](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTl-insect-KC-Chan-1-q8dfyqkxp78usxnupsw4ijxx3md4hvt368ujk1fs6o.jpg "BeeEaterBlTl-insect [KC Chan].jpg")
KC Chan’s image of a Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) in flight was photographed at Tuas South. Note that the bill is sharp-pointed and slightly decurved. It is not made for […]
![BeeEaterBlTld [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTld-AmarSingh-q8dg3p69rq1c2ugfqy38oavhytwv4di36sssqm2zcg.jpg "BeeEaterBlTld [AmarSingh]")
“Bee-eaters often wag their tails and many of us would have seen this common behaviour. Hilary Fry (The Bee-eaters, 1984) says that ‘all perched Bee-eaters wag their tails back and […]
![1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater [LeongTziMing]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1-Blue-tailed-Bee-eater-LeongTziMing-q8dgfkuu5castf77dkyhosy895cvennyhlmq3igupc.jpg "1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater [LeongTziMing]")
1 “On the warm afternoon of 8th December 2015, a Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) arrived at its perch with a chunky bee between its beak (above, below). This freshly captured […]
![Blue-tailed Bee-eater [LeongTziMing] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Blue-tailed-Bee-eater-LeongTziMing-1-q8dg6a8akbkq08p9nkbb15e4rz67aerijldv90908g.jpg "Blue-tailed Bee-eater [LeongTziMing] 1")
“On 4th December 2015, a hot and hungry Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) was perched on a high branch, fervently scanning its surroundings for potential prey (above). When a target was […]
![BeeEaterBlTl-rain [WandLuanKeng]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTl-rain-WandLuanKeng-q8df44090jbiic5ek2aqrs68anbkox7xynlzmgukxc.jpg "BeeEaterBlTl-rain [WandLuanKeng]")
Normally when it rains birds take shelter, usually under the foliage LINK. However, Singapore recently experienced a period of drought. So when there were light showers during this period, birds […]
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