Lilac-Breasted Roller 4 by Okavanga on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Okavanga on DeviantArthttps://www.deviantart.com/okavanga/art/Lilac-Breasted-Roller-4-573082624Okavanga

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Published: Nov 20, 2015

Description

Focus On - The Lilac-Breasted RollerThe lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), the national bird of South Africa, is widely spread through the National Parks of Northern Tanzania, and, given its proclivity for perching on bushes and boughs a couple of meters off the ground, spotting and photographing the bird while it sits waiting for insects and other prey, including scorpions and even small birds, to appear is fairly easy. The roller family of birds gets this designation from a rolling from side to side motion while in flight. Despite the benign look seen in the first image, the lilac-breasted roller can be a fierce bird with a hooked beak, a pronounced raptor appearance, and feet that verge on talons, as seen below. Just in case you didn't appreciate that "Who are you lookin' at?" attitude in the third shot, here it is again - delivered to you pers

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Image size

1000x958px 803.46 KB

Model

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Shutter Speed

1/250 second

Date Taken

Oct 31, 2015, 7:03:18 AM

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