Bee Eaters are commonly seen flying high around here but they are shy and you never get a good look at their lovely colours.  However this evening, one flew into our window and dazed itself.  Our dog alerted us to it by barking, but he didn´t attack it.

I went to pick it up gently and from nowhere one of our cats pounced on it.  Fortunately, she didn´t grab it and I was able to quickly rescue it.  It appeared to be uninjured - just very shocked naturally.

Not knowing much about these birds we felt the best we could do for it was take it to some land out of our cats´ range and release it into a dense bit of undergrowth, as Bee Eaters nest in ground burrows rather than trees.  We just hope that there are no other preditors around and it recovers its´ strength overnight.  It´s in the hands of the Goddess now.

I had to photograph it before we released it - we may never see another one this close again.