European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult guarding its territory on a branch, May, South France

merops apiaster spring france adult alone posing profile shot overview insectivore diet colorful on a branch european bee eater merops apiaster merops least concern multicoloured blue sky may nobody adults single lonely only solo one lone posed pose settlings settling profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length entomophagous insect insectivores diet entomophagous insects colourful rudy colorfully colored european bee eaters merops apiaster least concern species multi coloured blue skies good weather nice weather with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere european union europe stage of development individual enumeration shot diet pattern species colour bee eater coraciiforme bird wild animal meropidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species sky meteorological phenomenon