Place
Missing Location
Date Added
August 14, 2018
05:48 PM BST
Date Added
September 19, 2019
09:45 PM BST
Place
Missing Location
Date Added
November 1, 2020
02:27 PM CET
Date Added
November 18, 2020
04:24 PM GMT
Date Added
October 9, 2022
03:12 PM BST
Date Added
November 17, 2022
02:45 PM HST
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December 17, 2012
06:30 PM AKST
Description
Sand nest colony. I had no idea that some bee-eaters nest in burrows on level ground, having seen only cliff and embankment burrows previously. I would have thought the mortality risk of snakes, mongooses, intense rainfall, trampling by buffalo, etc, would be too great, but apparently not. Really neat to see. Last three photos are from a second colony that was roadside (we did not walk up onto the colony).
A short BBC clip with a rosy bee-eater cleaning a burrow entrance.
Date Added
April 22, 2020
10:26 AM SAST
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May 21, 2020
08:40 AM UTC
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November 29, 2020
12:51 PM EST
Date Added
November 29, 2020
12:51 PM EST
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October 15, 2022
02:39 AM BST
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October 21, 2022
02:16 PM SAST
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October 16, 2019
11:00 PM CEST
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February 9, 2023
08:05 AM PST
Date Added
February 15, 2023
09:01 PM CET
Description
Left bank of the Lomami River. Mixed group with C. ascanius
Date Added
May 22, 2022
06:58 AM BST