The first breeding site of the Blue-Cheeked Bee-eater (merops persicus) in peninsular India has been discovered in the saltpans of Aandivilai near the Manakudy Mangroves in Kanniyakumari district. An ...

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

Three blue-cheeked bee-eaters huddled together on a cold winter morning on a tomato field in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila, their fluffed feathers pressed close for warmth. Native to South Asia, the ...

In addition, two passage migrants—the Blue-tailed Bee-eater and the Blue- cheeked Bee-eater—added a touch of excitement to the first Migrant Walk of the season hosted by the Bombay Natural History ...

Bee-eater birds are stunningly colorful, but their diet of bees and other insects puts them at odds with humans.

Colombo University Zoology Professor Sampath Seneviratne says a migratory bird called Blue-cheeked Bee Eater has been spotted at Beddagana, Kotte wetland for the first time by local bird watchers. The ...