Rainbow bee-eaters are a common species and can be found during the summer in forested areas in most of southern Australia. They migrate north during the winter into northern Australia, New Guinea, and some of the southern islands of Indonesia. Wandering birds have been recorded on Miyako Island, Japan. They frequent woodlands, beaches, dunes, cliffs, mangroves, and farmlands, and they often visit parks and private gardens. Rainbow bee-eaters primarily eat flying insects and have a large appetite for bees. Rainbow bee-eaters can spot a potential meal up to 50 yards away. Once it spots an insect it will swoop down from its perch and catch it in its long, slender bill and fly back to its perch. Bee-eaters then knock their prey against their perch to kill it. Despite the rainbow bee-eaters immunity to the stings of bees and wasps, upon capturing a bee they will scrape the insect's stinger against their perch to remove it, while closing their eyes to avoid being squirted with poison from the ruptured poison sac. “Bee-eaters in Japanese Maple Tree,” is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite created in Spadecaller’s Florida Studio on 8/13/2020.