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Went to watch the Macomb Bombshells but forgot to check the battery in my flash. It's a slow process, but I am able to get an image from the raw files.
Gewone Troupant
(Coracias caudatus)
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches conspicuously at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents moving about at ground level. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to great heights, descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries.
The sexes are alike in coloration. Juveniles do not have the long tail feathers that adults do.
This species is unofficially considered the national bird of Kenya.
In the field, these crow-sized rollers are often perched alone on a tree in a grassy clearing. Lilac-breasted rollers are almost unmistakable with their bright plumage, but may be confused with Abyssinian Rollers in Turkana Basin of Kenya. For C. c. caudatus, look for a lilac throat that deepens into a darker lilac breast. The crown to mantle is olive, and the cheeks and ear coverts are a lilac-rufous. In the subspecies C. c. lorti, the crown to mantle is blue instead of olive, and the breast is azure. The throat is lilac, and some blue-throated rollers have a lilac patch on the lower abdomen. Both subspecies have long black outermost tail feathers that are absent in juveniles. Lilac-breasted rollers are not sexually dimorphic but males may be slightly larger than females. The average mass is 104 grams, and length ranges from 36 to 38 centimeters. These acrobatic fliers have an average wingspan range of 50 to 58 cm. Unique to rollers (family Coraciidae) are syndactyl feet, in which the second and third digits are fused.
Lilac-breasted rollers are found throughout southern and eastern Africa. Their range extends from the Red Sea coast of Eritrea through to southern Africa, where they are common in Namibia (excluding the Namib Desert), Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa. C.c. caudatus, the true lilac-breasted roller is a non-migratory species, while its counterpart, the blue-breasted roller (C. c. lorti) migrates from northeast Kenya to northwest Somalia to breed from late April to mid-September. Lilac-breasted rollers are most abundant in Kenya, where they are unofficially considered as the national bird.
Both subspecies live in grassland habitats that border trees and shrubs, as the birds use higher perches for feeding and nesting. Lilac-breasted rollers are rarely seen outside of protected areas, where they are commonly sighted along roads and paths. This is because roads create an ideal borderline habitat for the birds to perch and search for prey. However, lilac-breasted rollers avoid other human-influenced areas and are not found in urban or rural areas unless they are abandoned. Outside of protected areas such as national parks, lilac-breasted rollers may rarely be seen when farmers burn land for agricultural use. Forest fires stir up insects and other invertebrates, and birds can be seen swooping in for easy prey.
Blue-breasted rollers breed from late April to mid-September in Somalia. Lilac-breasted rollers breed at various times of the year, depending on the location and season. Both subspecies are monogamous and build flat nests of grass in dead baobab, coconut, or a casuarina trees. Some birds may nest in hollowed out tree cavities about 5 meters (16 ft) off the ground. Lilac-breasted rollers do not create the cavities themselves; they take over nest spaces that have been previously hollowed out by woodpeckers or kingfishers. Males and females are protective of the nest and will fly in a rolling pattern as a territorial display. During courtship, lilac-breasted rollers with fly upwards and then tip forward with the wings closed. Then they will flap their wings to gain speed towards the ground while calling loudly.
Typically, lilac-breasted rollers in Somalia will lay three to four eggs per breeding season. In southern Africa, the average clutch size ranges from two to four eggs. Male and female partners will take turns incubating the eggs for 22 to 24 days. Hatchlings are born altricial, becoming fully feathered after 19 days.
The diet of the lilac-breasted roller is primarily insectivorous, consisting of ground-dwelling insects, arthropods, amphibians, and other small vertebrates. They are in the hawking guild of feeders. Because they feed on insects, Lilac-breasted rollers will perch to scout out prey from a higher vantage point before swooping in and grabbing prey with their beaks. If their prey is small, they will swallow it on the ground. These aggressive birds will carry larger prey back to a perch and beat it until it is dismembered.
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Roller Disco at Ridge Road Recreational Park in April 2023. Photos by Tony Ventouris and Ed Wondoloski.
On October 27, 2005 Beech Bend Park announced the winning name Kentucky Rumbler for the park's first wooden roller coaster. Designed and built by Great Coasters International, Kentucky Rumbler is 2,827 feet long and has a maximum elevation difference of 96 feet. This roller coaster features a record, 30 crossovers and 12 moments where riders will feel weightless. Kentucky Rumbler's 24-passenger Millnnium Flyer train modeled after the classic coasters of the 20's and 30's travels at speeds of up to 70 feet per second. Kentucky Rumbler is also the only wooden roller coaster in the world to feature three exciting station fly-bys, built right into the station walls.
The JamTarts take on the Infectios Crew during the Take Her Head Off Roller Derby match in Hobart. First time for me, I'm stunned. So Physical. So much pain. So much fun.
Roller Derby: Glasgow Maiden Grrders vs Dolly Rockin' Rockets at Loughborough Leisure Centre on Sunday 28th April 2019
Roller Disco at Ridge Road Recreational Park in April 2023. Photos by Tony Ventouris and Ed Wondoloski.
Whiteside Co, north of Malvern, IL
41°51'54.07"N 89°53'5.02"W
The present mill was built in 1858 and sits on the north bank of Rock Creek, a tributary of The Rock River.
DJI Mavic Pro / Photoshop CC
Roller Disco at Ridge Road Recreational Park in April 2023. Photos by Tony Ventouris and Ed Wondoloski.
Era seca cuando chica, con éstos & con los en línea. No ando desde como los 12 años, & me cuesta montones, aparte, éstos pesan harto, pero no importa, porque con los entrenamientos lograré ser igual de seca que antes C: creo que si pude una vez, hacerlo de nuevo no me costará tanto.
Quiero que sea Enero para tener los horarios & practicar con las chicas :B
Carolina Rollergirls Allstars
Raleigh, NC
vs
Philly Roller Girls
Philadephia , PA
Dorton Arena
NC State Fairgrounds
11/19/10
CRG 11-10 6044
Every Friday morning since 1988, the Holy Rollers (ranging in age from 55-92) gather at Direct Relief to wrap bandages that are made from donated sheets from two luxury hotels.
They rip the sheets into 1/4 and 1/2" strips, use a hand-made wooden dowel to begin the wrap (this allows the bandage to be wrapped extraordinarily tight which is needed for packing), wrap the sheet and secure. The bandages are then packed and shipped worldwide. To date, over 250,000 have been sent.
There are currently 16 volunteers and a long waiting list to join. Wondering why it’s limited to 16? That’s how many squares they can cut in the coffee cake that they bring!
We loved our Roller Skate performers Amber and Michka at an event for French development tourism agency Atout France ✈️🇫🇷.
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Roller Disco at Ridge Road Recreational Park in April 2023. Photos by Tony Ventouris and Ed Wondoloski.
If you see one of these in the Summer you see a thousand! Not as beautiful as the similarly coloured LBR but still striking.
Reconstructed, but not opened with the rest on 19 Jun 2015 because of safety checks after the Alton Towers incident
Roller Disco at Ridge Road Recreational Park in April 2023. Photos by Tony Ventouris and Ed Wondoloski.
I am scared of roller coasters !!! Like i have never been on one - not planning to either - but my friend, she loves roller coasters and while she was up there waiting in line to ride this treacherous monster i was on ground level, safe and sound not risking my life :) Guess im not much of a risk taker an I ??