Blue-throated Bee-eater

YC Wee
on 9th June 2018

It is common to witness courtship feeding prior to copulation in birds LINK. Humans may construe this as sexual bribery LINK, but is this so? It has been suggested that […]

YC Wee
on 28th May 2018

Recently a large Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) trespassed into an area in Punggol where a group of Blue-throated Bee-eaters (Merops viridis) were nesting. This triggered more than 10 bee-eaters […]

YC Wee
on 9th August 2017

“Saw a pair of adult Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis viridis) in the city, one of which had beak damage (below). “The terminal point of both mandibles is broken off, especially […]

YC Wee
on 23rd June 2017

Jack Lai’s images of the Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) flying with an egg between its mandibles (above) is another BICA-moment (LINK). This bee-eater flew to a grassy plot, dropped the […]

YC Wee
on 28th May 2017

“We typically watch Blue-throated Bee-eaters (Merops viridis) either in flight or perched upon branches, but the chance to observe one at ground level is rather rare (above). “At a secluded […]

YC Wee
on 17th October 2016

“The Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis viridis) caught the butterfly in mid-air, possibly a Dark Brand Bush Brown (Mycalesis mineus) butterfly. Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia 3rd October 2016 […]

YC Wee
on 4th August 2016

Most photographs of bee-eaters show them catching and manipulating a dragonfly for swallowing. Others show them with a bee between their mandibles. Johnny Wee’s image of a Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops […]

YC Wee
on 22nd January 2016

“It was a warm afternoon on 31st August 2015, and some Blue-throated Bee-eaters (Merops viridis) sought relief from the heat with quick dips upon the surface of a nearby pond. […]

YC Wee
on 3rd August 2014

Johnny Wee’s image of a Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) with a bee clamped between its bill is as refreshing as that of a spiderhunter catching a spider LINK. Because of […]

YC Wee
on 21st July 2014

We first encountered William Tan‘s two images below of a Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) casting a pellet HERE and decided to make them available to a wider audience. He captured […]

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