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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'.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

BLUE-THOATED BEE-EATER (Merops viridis)


A Blue-throated bee-eater with food in its beak.


Blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis), is a bird of the Meropidae family. Its habitat is sub-tropical and mangrove forest. They are confined to the S.E.Asia region up to a maximum of 6000ft in Malaysia.

A blue-throated returning
 to its nest with food.

They can be seen breeding in Singapore and Malaysia in the months of  April -September. A migrant as well as resident bird, their breeding habits and habitat are almost the same as the Blue-tailed bee-eater. Usually 3-6 eggs are laid and the parents take turn to incubate. Incubation starts as soon as the eggs are laid, thus resulting in babies hatching at different time. Sometimes babies are killed by their stronger siblings when food are scarce.
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