Chestnut BeeEaters in an urban environment
This temple here includes a large vertical wall, with drain pipes built in (you can see one in this picture on the right). These pipes go about 1m into the wall before hitting dirt, which can be rounded out by the bird and will resemble a very nice, pre-dug bee eater burrow. These nests are completely predator free with the vertical face of the wall, rarely are wet (during the nesting season at least) and don't need as much maintenance as a dirt bank would. This means bee eaters can be found 5 minutes from downtown Penang.
Kek Lok Si temple,
Penang, Malaysia
Chestnut BeeEaters in an urban environment
This temple here includes a large vertical wall, with drain pipes built in (you can see one in this picture on the right). These pipes go about 1m into the wall before hitting dirt, which can be rounded out by the bird and will resemble a very nice, pre-dug bee eater burrow. These nests are completely predator free with the vertical face of the wall, rarely are wet (during the nesting season at least) and don't need as much maintenance as a dirt bank would. This means bee eaters can be found 5 minutes from downtown Penang.
Kek Lok Si temple,
Penang, Malaysia