rainbowbeeeater

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The Rainbow Bee-eaters and Striated Pardalotes are back hanging around the embankment near the ferry terminal at work. They'll start making burrows for nesting soon.

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A Rainbow Bee-Eater perched on a stick, with a bee in its beak.
It is a multicoloured bird with a sharp long beak, Black bandit mask, yellow head, green/cyan forehead, yellow throat, green shoulders and part of the wings, bright blue upper flight feathers (orange under the wings, but you can't see that here).

A tiny little bird with a stubby grey beak, black cap, black bandit mask, white brow, with orange at the leading edge, white chin and underside (mostly), yellow flanks and brown shoulders.

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