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| Image by Grant Marcus |
THE SEQUENCE OF THE ROLLER
On one of our morning drives we didn’t see much so it was over to the birds and smaller things in life 
We stopped at a big old Marula tree to watch two Lilac breasted rollers took turns in feeding the youngsters. These birds can get extremely a gressive when it comes to protecting the nest and chicks. We probably sat there for more then 20min. The female didn’t even let a lone glossy starling fly past the tree without her unleashing her fury on the poor starling. The glossy chap thought he was going on a slow Sunday morning drive when all of a sudden a blue missile chased after him.
We stopped at a big old Marula tree to watch two Lilac breasted rollers took turns in feeding the youngsters. These birds can get extremely a gressive when it comes to protecting the nest and chicks. We probably sat there for more then 20min. The female didn’t even let a lone glossy starling fly past the tree without her unleashing her fury on the poor starling. The glossy chap thought he was going on a slow Sunday morning drive when all of a sudden a blue missile chased after him.The rollers are one of the most interesting birds to watch. They were busy collecting food items the whole time we were there.
Here are a few sequence shots of the birds at the nest :
All images courtesy of Grant Marcus
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