#white-throated bee-eater

[namu-the-orca]

Continuing the experiment of Friday, here’s the start of what will hopefully be a steady series. These little paintings, just 10.5 x 15 cm, combine watercolour and black fineliner and are lots of fun to make. I intend to make a new set every week, and all are for sale! Contact me or check out my website if you’d like to own one of these cuties.

For now I went on a major bee-eater spree - they’re just too adorable, and have gorgeous colours. Though I want to paint all sorts of animals, not just birds. What species would you like to see? Let me know!

[birdstudies]

January 15, 2017 - White-throated Bee-eater, Black-crowned Bee-eater, or Eastern White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)

These bee-eaters are found in western and central Africa, with a breeding range that stretches from Mauritania east to Yemen and a non-breeding range from The Gambia south to Liberia and east to Kenya. They eat mostly flying ants and beetles, along with honeybees and other hymenopterans, flies, dragonflies, and various other insects. Nesting alone or in small colonies, they are cooperative breeders with helper birds assisting pairs with chick care.

[fullfrontalbirds]

White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)

© James Kashangaki

[animals-animals-animals]

White-throated Bee-eater (by DaSchu)