Like all bee-eaters, rainbow bee-eaters are active, colorful slender birds that feed on flying insects -- including bees and wasps.   These were in Pioneer Cemetary in Cairns, Queensland and near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

• Canon 40D or 7D2; 500 mm IS lens or 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2009, 2015, 2016)