The Lilac Breasted Roller
by Gary Keesler
Title
The Lilac Breasted Roller
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Photography
Description
The Lilac Breasted Roller is a member of the roller family of birds and with their vibrant colors catching my cameras eye it wasn't hard to notice this beautiful bird of great colors.
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 or 4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defense 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 the national bird of Botswana and Kenya.
Image photo(s) captured in the wild caused no harm or disturbance to their natural habitats.
All species observed enjoy living free in the wild.
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January 16th, 2015
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Comments (24)
Jeff at JSJ Photography
Congratulations Gary Keesler on having your "The Lilac Breasted Roller" photo featured on the Strangest and Most Unique FAA Group homepage! You also reminded me that I still need to process and post 3,000 pics from my 26-day retirement trip to Africa in 2013! l/f, ~Jeff at JSJ Photography
Gary Keesler replied:
AWESOME!!! Thank you Jeff, your views & comments are highly valued and also thank you for the great feature on the "Strangest and Most Unique" FAA Group's homepage. I you have 3k images from Africa,,, I'd better get cracke'n my friend because I'm editing over 2500 as we speak.. :-)
Mary Wykes
What an amazing little bird! I've never seen one of these before. Knock-out gorgeous coloring
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Gary Keesler replied:
AWESOME!!! Thank you John, your views & comments are highly valued and thank you for the great feature on "Images That Excite You" group. :-)
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