ML206058411 IBC 1490069
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Carrying food; Feeding young; Flying
- Tags
- Habitat
Media notes
Blue-tailed Bee-eater : Parent with food and immature. Parent were offering food to immature, but with reluctance, making them fly after them; there was a teaching session going on. Elevation: 219 m. Date added to IBC: May 3, 2018. Schooling ... This parent brought food for the youngster ... ... but did not offer it to him straight away ... instead ... it sat a little away ... ... dangling the juicy dragonfly in front ... As the juvie tried to take it ... the parent flew away dragging the youngster behind ... A part of schooling to make the lad strong and independent ...
Observation details
Schooling ... This parent brought food for the youngster ... ... but did not offer it to him straight away ... instead ... it sat a little away ... ... dangling the juicy dragonfly in front ... As the juvie tried to take it ... the parent flew away dragging the youngster behind ... A part of schooling to make the lad strong and independent ... IBC scientific name: Merops persicus persicus.
Additional species
Collection
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P900
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 357 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 1844 pixels x 1383 pixels
- Original file size
- 775.24 KB