12 October 2009

Bee-Eater of Kemensah - Panting

I went to Kemensah this Sunday morning for bird photography with Madibirder, Ilyas (Madi's son) and ZZlalog.
This is one of my lifer, got a few more, but too tired to edit.
This Bee-Eater was shot from Madi's car. Full-frame hand-held , edited for vertical format.
BeeEater of Kemensah
Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
Photographed this at 1.04pm, under hot midday sun. This bird open its mouth apparently the way to cool off by panting. The same way dog panting - mouth open and protruding tongue.
BeeEater
Have a look for more bird pictures at the Bird Photography Weekly @ Birdfreak.