Rainbow Bee-eater

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Brightly colored bee-eater with yellow face with black mask, green and blue underparts, black tail streamers. Rust-colored underwing obvious in flight. Flocks hunt flying insects; often perch in trees and powerlines. Typically rather vocal, with a repeating insect-like ‘prr-prr’ call.

Photographer: Mat Gilfedder

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Rainbow Bee-Eater

‘Every day, it's a-getting closer
Going faster than a rollercoaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
A-hey, a-hey-hey.’

- Buddy Holly
Everyday

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Spring has most definitely sprung down by the ferry terminal at UQ today.

Rainbow Bee-eaters taking advantage of the warm afternoon.

(and yes, I do feel like a paparazzi now... hiding in the bushes with a long lens photographing, well, this...)

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