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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, December 26, 2012

CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER ( Merops leschenaulti )

A chestnut-headed bee-eater with pray in its bill.
A healthy specimen
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The chestnut-headed bee-eater is a colourful, slender bird, that ranges from India to S.E.Asia. It does not possess the elongated central tail feathers that is common to its cousins. Its breeding range is in sub-tropical broken country sandbanks. Nests are tunnels dug into the sandbanks and the male and female, both take turn to incubate the eggs. Breeding season ranges from February to May.

A pair of chestnut headeds.
Food is mainly insects like bees, hornets and dragonflies. As it depends on insects for food, the type of plants around its habitat is not that important.
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