These magificent birds have been life-long favourites of mine. I admire them for their flight skills, which rather reminds me of fighter aeroplanes, and their beautiful colouring. They all hawk insects on the fly and if you look at the Blue-tailed Bee-eater images closely, you will see one perched next to a wasps' nest and actually have a wasp on its tail. It will not regard any of that as food. This collection represents all the Bee-eaters found in Australia (Rainbow only) and South-east Asia (all others). I was delighted to complete this collection in June 2008 when I saw my first Red-bearded Bee Eater in Johore's Panti Forest Bird Sanctuary.