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European bee-eaters – courtship behavior

A male European bee-eater presents its mate a captured insect as part of a complex courtship behavior.

Ein männlicher Bienenfresser präsentiert seinem Paar eine gefangene Insekte als Teil eines komplexen Paarungsverhaltens.

Un mascul de prigorie ii daruieste perechei sale o insecta capturata, ca parte a unui comportament de curtare complex.

Photo taken in SE Transylvania.

Latin name: Merops apiaster

German name: Bienenfresser

French name: Guêpier d’Europe

Romanian name: Prigorie

More photos of European bee-eaters and also of other wild birds in their natural habitat are available on the Birds page in the Portfolio section of this website.

Some images of fortified churches can also be found on http://eduard-baak.blogspot.ro/p/birds.html