Blue-tailed bee-eater

Blue-tailed bee-eater

This is one bird that I have come to love during my birdwatching trips. I tried to get into birdwatching prior to coming to Malaysia but just found it overwhelming, looking at a book and trying to figure out which bird I was looking at. Thanks for a friend here who is a knowledgeable birder, I have found hours of enjoyment watching birds. I sometimes go out to the rice paddies and found this guy taking a break from swooping across the fields and catching flying insects. Beautiful, isn't he?