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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

Now featured in #132 Favorites of a Loving PhysicistCollection of artistic work that spoke to me at that moment in time.

Click on the image to learn of the artist and their work.

Ease by luisbc
Baby horn worm by shelby12345
Moleskine No.12062015 by yagey
Sketch by vuogle
Princess Mononoke by muju
paints by ElenaSai
Crossing Over by lesley-oldaker
The Nest by vuogle
The White Swan by borda
The Heavens and Us -with video tutorial link- by yuumei
Red-Faced Mousebird 2 by Okavanga
The Delicate Forever by MoodyBlue
The Sky Beneath My Feet by yuumei
Lilac-Breasted Roller 4 by Okavanga by Atomic58

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

Now featured in #132 Favorites of a Loving PhysicistCollection of artistic work that spoke to me at that moment in time.

Click on the image to learn of the artist and their work.

Ease by luisbc
Baby horn worm by shelby12345
Moleskine No.12062015 by yagey
Sketch by vuogle
Princess Mononoke by muju
paints by ElenaSai
Crossing Over by lesley-oldaker
The Nest by vuogle
The White Swan by borda
The Heavens and Us -with video tutorial link- by yuumei
Red-Faced Mousebird 2 by Okavanga
The Delicate Forever by MoodyBlue
The Sky Beneath My Feet by yuumei
Lilac-Breasted Roller 4 by Okavanga by Atomic58