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The appropiately named Rainbow Bee-eater, digs a tunnel up to a meter long, to a cave nest, below the sandy surface. This image shows the adult bringing morsels back to fed what was then quite advanced chicks.
The Rainbow Bee-eater tunnels out a nesting cave in the sand, up to a meter past the entrance . If you look very carefully you can see the bill of an almost grown chick protruding out of the tunnel, as it is being fed.
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