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GeffBourke

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Very nice image Geoff.

I have some experience with bee-eaters in the Middle East as well as Botswana,
south africa(carmine bee-eaters) on the banks of the Zambezi......

just one question, did the dragonfly fly into the mouth of the perched bee-eater as
you took the shot,or had the bee-eater already caught the dragonfly and it escaped
from it‘s beak at the moment you shot the image........it has me intrigued..??

I have seen similar with bee-eaters releasing their catches momentarily but not so
vividly as your image shows.
 
Very nice image Geoff.

I have some experience with bee-eaters in the Middle East as well as Botswana,
south africa(carmine bee-eaters) on the banks of the Zambezi......

just one question, did the dragonfly fly into the mouth of the perched bee-eater as
you took the shot,or had the bee-eater already caught the dragonfly and it escaped
from it‘s beak at the moment you shot the image........it has me intrigued..??

I have seen similar with bee-eaters releasing their catches momentarily but not so
vividly as your image shows.Thank you. The bee eater had caught the dragonfly and was tossing it up and catching it in its mouth several times, then hit it against a branch I believe to kill it, then eat it.
 

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SONY ILCE-1
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FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
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600.0 mm
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