{"id":6930,"date":"2019-12-09T20:45:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2019-12-09T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:46:06","slug":"nesting-bee-eaters-at-lennox-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=6930","title":{"rendered":"Nesting Bee-eaters at Lennox Head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bee-eaters dig a whole in the sand in the ground, this time on a fire trail. They catch insects and come to this perch, then they fly down to the nest on the ground. The nest looks like a large ghost crab hole in the sand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" data-attachment-id=\"6931\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6931\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?fit=1400%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,933\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;michael hains&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575619483&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael G Hains (c) 2019\\rmghother@internode.on.net&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;407&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MGH5749FP-1-denoise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?fit=604%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?fit=604%2C402\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6931\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?fit=1400%2C933\" data-link=\"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6931\" class=\"wp-image-6931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH5749FP-1-denoise.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1299\" height=\"868\" data-attachment-id=\"6932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6932\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?fit=1299%2C868&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1299,868\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;michael hains&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575620595&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;michael hains&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MGH6742_cr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?fit=604%2C403\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6932\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?fit=1299%2C868\" data-link=\"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6932\" class=\"wp-image-6932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?w=1299&amp;ssl=1 1299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MGH6742_cr.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"6933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6933\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;michael hains&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575619483&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael G Hains (c) 2019\\rmghother@internode.on.net&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;407&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merops-ornatus-0001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?fit=604%2C403\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6933\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280\" data-link=\"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6933\" class=\"wp-image-6933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0001.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"6934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6934\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;michael hains&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575619746&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michael G Hains (c) 2019\\rmghother@internode.on.net&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merops-ornatus-0002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?fit=604%2C403\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6934\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280\" data-link=\"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6934\" class=\"wp-image-6934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Merops-ornatus-0002.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee-eaters dig a whole in the sand in the ground, this time on a fire trail. They catch insects and come to this perch, then they fly down to the nest on the ground. The nest looks like a large ghost crab hole in the sand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,81,8,22,24,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-ballina","category-birds","category-nsw","category-states","category-wildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42vG0-1NM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6935,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions\/6935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}