Rainbow Bee-eater

These birds have driven me crazy trying to photograph them. They are very smart and seemed to be toying with me, while I sat in wait for them. It didn't help that I only have a 200 mm lens!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Beautiful bird, don't see them around here.

[Wylie]

lovely shot. wish we got them here.

[leggzy]

Your patience has paid off...beautiful capture & beautiful bird

[Peter Day]

I know that feeling

[Margo]

What a beautiful bird fav

[Trish]

Beautiful. Is it a really small bird?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh what a super shot!!! they are very hard to catch, I have a lot of them here, and often have a go. this is an instant fav for me

[Terri]

Spectacular!

[Hayley Maxwell]

Fantastic! Lovely colours and composition. Well worth all the frustration! Beautiful bird.

[Denise Wood]

Stunning :) fav

[Junko Y]

WOW -- the most perfect photo of a bee-eater I've seen! FAV of course.

[narayani]

Gorgeous!

[Simply Amanda]

So pretty! Nailed it!!!

[Rosie Kind]

A wonderful shot - Fav

[Carole G]

Patience paid off, gorgeous looking bird

[Jeff in VT, USA]

Fantastic capture.

[Babs]

They have the most beautiful colours.

[Valerie Chesney]

Jodie, this is so beautiful..fav

[Jodie]

@overalvandaan @pusspup @leggzy @peterday @777margo @koalagardens @terrinorthwind @hayleymaxwell @gilbertwood @jyokota @narayani @alophoto @rosiekind @yorkshirekiwi @jeffinvt @onewing @happysnaps Thanks so much for these wonderful comments and favs for this shot, my dad is planning a bird hide for me so that I can get even closer next time.

[Jodie]

@365trish Thanks Trish, I guess they are a medium size bird, they nest underground by digging a tunnel which I never knew until I saw it while photographing them.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured fav!

[Annamaria]

Beautiful Colors. Great capture!

[Jonathan Darrell]

Fantastic capture. Fav and follow.

[Jodie]

@jbd1962 Thanks very much Jonathan.

[Paul]

A gorgeous looking bird and excellent capture 😉