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The first year we went to Etosha we spent a month there becoming familiar with it's incredible beauty. In that month we only saw the lilac breasted roller twice . It was difficult to find and there just were not many but over the past eight years we have seen them numerous times and this year they were in abundance. I love them and found it very hard to pass one by . As a result of this I have several images this year. Each is a little different . The first year we never saw clouds but this year there were clouds every day. You can seen them in this image of the roller.
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The blue-bellied roller is a large bird appr. 28–30 cm.
Gambia, Tujereng.
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Continuing the theme of "quirky Indiana", today's feature is this old Impala sitting on the top of a metal tower.
One may ask "why", and I don't have an answer. But this is (or was) part of a menagerie of unusual stuff that included a vintage motel sign, old railroad cars and junk trucks. All located at a train station that was converted into a seafood restaurant. The business has since closed and to my understanding most of this stuff have been removed from the property. I'm not sure if this car is still there or not!
Charlestown, Indiana
UPDATE: Unfortunately this car (and everything else) has been removed from the property as of 10/2021.
Species: Coracias garrulus.
Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
Breeds in dry, warm, open country with scattered trees, copses and open woods and plenty of largish ground-dwelling insects etc. Winters in South Africa. Info: Collins Bird Guide.
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Back to pictures of Kenya (I have hundreds more!) and this beautiful bird called a European Roller. I saw many of them during my safari days, usually perched like this on the end of tree stumps and branches looking for insects & small rodents.
A morning photoshoot in a professional hide in the Great Plains of Hungary.
I managed to take some cool shots of interesting and rarely seen species like the Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus, szalakóta).
If you like this photo, your faves, comments and observations are more than welcome!
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Savuti marshes, Botswana
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had another go at the roller as it is in my local patch and had a bit of a mare missing everything in the grass but these with a bee were quite nice
Vehicles hustle across the Antioch Bridge spanning the San Joaquin River in morning traffic.
I was determined to find an unobstructed angle in which to feature the steep rise of this bridge. Entering an unlocked gate in the 2am hour, I made my way along this private section of Sherman Island. By the time I was ready to leave, the gate had been padlocked shut and I spent a few extra hours confined to this area until an unhappy property owner chided me for my trespassing ways. He then allowed me to exit.
Shot with the long end of the DFA 150-450.
The lilac-breasted roller is found in savanna and open woodland across sub-Saharan Africa. Seen here in Tarangire National Park.
It’s easily spotted as it likes to perch conspicuously on top of high vantage points like trees and poles, looking for prey on the ground such as insects, scorpions, snails, and rodents. During mating seasons the males fly high to engage in huge dives and swoops whilst making loud calls. [credit SafarisAfricana]