Thanks, Ann. Yes, they are. This Roller is endemic. In summer they are outnumbered by the migratory European Rollers which look very similar but without the Lilac. Some people call them Blue Jays. I suppose Spring is in the air over there? At last it's starting to cool down a bit in the Lowveld - thank goodness. Last week we had 84mm rain out of nowhere.
Alan C On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:40 AM ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > what Larry said - really gorgeous creature > > ann > > On 3/19/2022 4:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Nice shots of a cool looking bird. > > > >> On Mar 19, 2022, at 10:21 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > >> > >> Visited Sable Dam this afternoon. Two studies of a Lilac Breasted > Roller, a Threebanded Sand Plover and a huge one-tusker, freshly bathed, > which forced us to back up about half a kilometre before peeling off. > Scroll L for the others. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51947951471/ > >> > >> All with the K & HD 55-300 > >> > >> Alan C > >> -- > >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >> > > -- > > Larry Colen > > l...@red4est.com > > > > > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
