On a hot evening on 13th May 2024 on the island of Pag, Croatia I observed European Bee-eaters / Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster) and Eurasian Golden Orioles / Pirole (Oriolus oriolus) bathing together at the same …
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Bee-eaters remove dead nestling from nest
On 10. August 2023 we noticed a dead nestling in the entrance of a nest of European Bee-eaters / Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster) in a colony in Frauenkirchen, Austria. We tried to remove it, but it …
Continue readingLengths of nest tunnels of European Bee-eater
In fall 2023 I measured 56 nest tunnels of European Bee-eater / Bienenfresser (Merops apiaster). 10 in Frauenkirchen, Austria and 46 on the Adriatic island of Susak, Croatia. All nests were found in loess cliffs …
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