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The Thornbird

By NickDale    
A lilac-breasted roller perches on a dead thorn branch, eyeing the camera. It has purple, turquoise and blue feathers with a grey patch on its head. Shot with a Nikon D850 at Kicheche Bush Camp in the Masai Mara, Kenya, in January 2021.
ISO 400, 800mm, f/5.6, 1/1000

Tags: Portrait Wildlife Animal Nature Animals Travel Africa Grass Vertical Bird Safari Kenya Roller African Bush Savannah Grassland Masai mara Maasai mara Wildlife and nature Lilac-breasted roller No people Game drive Coracias caudatus Kicheche Kicheche Bush Camp Mosilikatze's roller fork-tailed roller lilac-throated roller thornbush

Voters: RonDM, waltknox, mike9005 and 29 more

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Uploaded:
19 May 2021 7:07AM
Camera:
Nikon D850
Lens:
800.0 mm f/5.6
Shutter Speed:
1/1000s
Aperture:
f/5.6
ISO:
400
Focal Length:
800.0 mm
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Comments


RonDM Plus
8 431 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 8:36AM
Superb shot, great detail and colour well captured

Ron
M_squared Plus
11 1 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 8:49AM
Beautiful image.
Karuma1970 10 1 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 9:50AM
Good shot Nick.
Far fewer rollers around than there used to be. In the early seventies most posts along that road from Lake Naivasha to Limuru (the lower road) had a roller sitting on top of it.
Mike
NickDale 10 161 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 1:42PM
Yes, I saw far more in Botswana in 2016 than I did in Namibia last year or Kenya in the last few years...
Chinga Plus
12 123 3 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 4:51PM
What a beautiful subject. Excellent capture.
Isabel GrinGrin
JuBarney Plus
11 36 7 United Kingdom
19 May 2021 5:58PM
A terrific shot of this beauty
Ju

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