Painted Bee Eater

by Kathy Kelly

Title

Painted Bee Eater

Artist

Kathy Kelly

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Art

Description

This digital painting by Kathy Kelly depicts the colorful European bee-eater. This breed can be found in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa.

Before eating its meal, the bee-eater removes the stinger by repeatedly hitting and rubbing the insect on a hard surface. During this process, pressure is applied to the insect thereby extracting most of the venom. Notably, these birds only catch prey that are on the wing and ignore flying insects once they land.

Bee-eaters spend around 10% of their day on what are known as comfort activities. These include sunning themselves, dust bathing, and water bathing.

This piece has been featured in the following FAA groups:

2016 -2017
Poetic Poultry
Greeting Cards for all Occasions
The Artistic Photographer
Happiness is Key
This Way Arts
Old Masters - Photographers and Digital Arts Wildlife On a Dayi
Arts Fantastic World
Photo Manipulation Artistry
All About Nature And The Animals
Creative Digital Art Community
10 Plus
New FAA Uploads Limit One Per Day
Digital Art 000 Photoshop Group

2016-2017 Contests

Hand-Drawn Digital Paintings Contest - First Place Winner
Magnificent Color Contest - Third Place Winner
Colorful 2016 - Tied for First Place Winner
Birds Digital Or Photographic Contest - Third Place Winner
Uniquely Yours - Second Place Winner

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May 27th, 2016

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