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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

BLUE-TAILED BEE EATER (Merops philippinus).



A blue-tailed eyeing a hornet moment before making a grab.

The blue-tailed bee-eater usually forage for food in the open field and water. They sallied from their perch to grab any flying insects especially bees, wasps and dragon flies that happened to fly by. After grabbing the bees, their long beaks protect the eyes from the stings.

Their range is from India, South China and S.E.Asia. In S.E Asia they are normally found below 5,000 ft. Blue-tailed normally breed in small colonies. Their nests are usually tunnelled into sandy banks (better drainage). Myammar and Northern Thailand are their normal breeding places around February to May each year.

A landing bird.








A blue-tailed with a bee in its beak.












One of their favourite perch while waiting for food to fly by.












A blue-tailed scratching itself.












A blue-tailed diving for a bee.



Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tailed_Bee-eater

http://www.malaysianbirds.com/bird-family/bee-eaters.htm
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