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**aslyfox** · 10-08-2019, 05:31 PM - **3 Likes**

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Lilac-Breasted Roller in the Ngorongo Crater

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RobG · 10-08-2019, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

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Lilac-Breasted Roller in the Ngorongo Crater

Nice shot! I was going to say that was an African species. You wonder how it managed to perch without doing itself an injury!

**aslyfox** · 10-08-2019, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by RobG

Nice shot! I was going to say that was an African species. You wonder how it managed to perch without doing itself an injury!

yep, lilac-breasted roller [I] coracias caudatus [I]

23 Lilac Breasted Roller Facts (Coracias caudatus) | JustBirding.com

I found it in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

RobG · 10-08-2019, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

I found it in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

A place I'd love to visit! We have a Roller species in Australia - the Dollar Bird. Colourful, but not quite as colourful as the African one!

**aslyfox** · 10-08-2019, 07:48 PM

another bird [ a mean looking one ]

among the thorns

~~but I can't identifiy this one~~
~~can anyone help~~

Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) | HBW Alive

Wattled Starling

[ thank you Noel ]

Charlie Victor · 10-09-2019, 03:18 AM

Originally posted by aslyfox

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Lilac-Breasted Roller in the Ngorongo Crater

Nice shot! They certainly are colorful birds.
Best.

**aslyfox** · 10-09-2019, 03:20 AM

thank you

saw a lot more of them this trip and got several nice photos of it in that thorn bush

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the only captive water fowl on the ponds at the Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center are the two breeding adult trumpeter swans

their cygnets will be going elsewhere to be released into the wild [ these are getting big and I am surprised they are still at the zoo ]

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**noelcmn** · 10-09-2019, 05:11 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by aslyfox

another bird [ a mean looking one ]

among the thorns

but I can't identifiy this one

can anyone help

Almost certainly a Wattled Starling, probably a non breeding male, since there is no wattles. Here are examples of my sightings for comparison and confirmation. The yellow behind the eye is diagnostic.
Non breeding males

Juvenile

**aslyfox** · 10-09-2019, 05:52 AM

thanks

yes that looks like it

pg 500 Stevenson 's " Birds of East Africa "

**aslyfox** · 10-10-2019, 09:57 AM

from Yellowstone

male elk in remnants of winter coat and antlers in " velvet "

**noelcmn** · 10-10-2019, 11:40 AM

Breeding pair of Yellow Billed Ducks

Here is the proof

**aslyfox** · 10-10-2019, 11:49 AM - **1 Like**

Mountain Blue Bird Sialia currucoides at nest

yellowstone

SOOC

**noelcmn** · 10-10-2019, 12:29 PM

Immature Wiskered Tern

**aslyfox** · 10-10-2019, 08:58 PM

just passing through don't mind me

young elk and bison yellowstone

**noelcmn** · 10-11-2019, 09:21 AM

Cattle Egret

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10-08-2019, 05:51 PM	#9227
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,905	Originally posted by aslyfox protected perch Lilac-Breasted Roller in the Ngorongo Crater Nice shot! I was going to say that was an African species. You wonder how it managed to perch without doing itself an injury!

10-08-2019, 06:14 PM	#9228
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,583	Originally posted by RobG Nice shot! I was going to say that was an African species. You wonder how it managed to perch without doing itself an injury! yep, lilac-breasted roller [I] coracias caudatus [I] 23 Lilac Breasted Roller Facts (Coracias caudatus) \| JustBirding.com I found it in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

10-08-2019, 06:54 PM	#9229
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,905	Originally posted by aslyfox I found it in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania A place I'd love to visit! We have a Roller species in Australia - the Dollar Bird. Colourful, but not quite as colourful as the African one!

10-09-2019, 03:18 AM	#9231
Charlie Victor Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Durban Photos: Albums Posts: 1,227	Originally posted by aslyfox protected perch Lilac-Breasted Roller in the Ngorongo Crater Nice shot! They certainly are colorful birds. Best.

10-09-2019, 05:11 AM - 1 Like	#9233
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Originally posted by aslyfox another bird [ a mean looking one ] among the thorns but I can't identifiy this one can anyone help Almost certainly a Wattled Starling, probably a non breeding male, since there is no wattles. Here are examples of my sightings for comparison and confirmation. The yellow behind the eye is diagnostic. Non breeding males Juvenile

10-09-2019, 05:52 AM	#9234
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,583	thanks yes that looks like it pg 500 Stevenson 's " Birds of East Africa "

10-10-2019, 11:40 AM	#9236
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,231	Breeding pair of Yellow Billed Ducks Here is the proof

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