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- Lilac-breasted roller listening to the sound of the camera’s shutter. This shot was taken in Kruger Park.
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- Lilac-breasted roller with a good background. This is particularly important in Kruger Park where backgrounds can be messy if your are not careful.
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- Lilac-breasted roller caught on the ground along side the Chobe river.
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- Lilac-breasted roller flying up to its hunting perch along side the Chobe river.
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- Lilac-breasted roller flying and hunting from a dead tree perch in the Chobe river. It is normally so difficult to get a flying shot of a roller because they usually do not come back to the same perch. In this case the dead tree was the only perch in the area.
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- Lilac-breasted roller flying. The blues are eye catching. Capturing good flying shots are difficult because they do not fly a consistent predictable line.
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- Lilac-breasted roller hunting insets on the sand a bank of the Chobe river.
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- Lilac-breasted roller. A great spread wing action but a poor messy background.
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- Lilac-breasted roller caught this wasp on a sand road in Etosha.
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- European roller with its catch in Kruger Park.
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- Lilac-breasted roller shot with a clean background in Kruger Park.
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- European roller shot on a windy and overcast day in Kruger Park.
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- European roller shot on a clear day with a clean blue sky background in Kruger Park.
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- Lilac-breasted roller resting on this thin branch in Kruger Park.
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- Lilac-breasted Roller having just taken off from its perch along the road next to Fisher’s Pan in Etosha.
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- Lilac-breasted Roller having just taken off from its perch along the road next to Fisher’s Pan in Etosha.
Rollers are so called because of their unique ability to perform amazing aerobatic rolling displays when they are courting. They are all brightly coloured and are insectivores.
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