![BeeEaterBlTh copulation [DickTan]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-copulation-DickTan-q8df4fabajqydnp0q769lpbrf9rz9agq07ftdsduuo.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh copulation [DickTan]")
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 […]
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 […]
![BeeEaterBlTh-bill [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-bill-AmarSingh-q8dg6yo3i0i6e3prouvltz847ztqujgjaychq78rqo.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh-bill [AmarSingh]")
“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 […]
![BeeEater-egg [JackLai] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEater-egg-JackLai-1-1-q8df6xitin6hc81y3a6g92k0g9f7s8eycm2fgco29c.jpg "BeeEater-egg [JackLai] 1")
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 […]
“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 […]
![BeeEaterBlTh-butterfly [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-butterfly-AmarSingh-q8dga93rf50b0yxqha2lk5c72jlzseipr8jo72d5yo.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh-butterfly [AmarSingh]")
“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 […]
![BeeEaterBlTh-BluePansy [JWee]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-BluePansy-JWee-q8dfg4e0cbreuypcf974mr29jw4f1owgy3pcdr1hf4.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh-BluePansy [JWee]")
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 […]
![BeeEaterBlTl-preen [LeongTziMing]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTl-preen-LeongTziMing-1-q8dgek74qswm8mogbn41hk7934dk2gmfck6sdpz7g0.jpg "BeeEaterBlTl-preen [LeongTziMing]")
“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. […]
![BeeEaterBlTh-bee [JWee]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-bee-JWee-q8dfiwyqnll3d8n93yo7jjol44coxazqzxiaqcwcxc.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh-bee [JWee]")
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 […]
![BeeEaterBlTh-pellet (WilliamTan] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTh-pellet-WilliamTan-1-q8dfelvdbxos5kwj9lmrm4tj3jl4n8w1elv6jpabg0.jpg "BeeEaterBlTh-pellet (WilliamTan] – 1")
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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