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Purple Roller

Purple Roller

Its relative the "Lilac breasted roller" is much better known and much more common, only I find purple rollers to have more defined feathers and a more relaxed ...
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Its relative the "Lilac breasted roller" is much better known and much more common, only I find purple rollers to have more defined feathers and a more relaxed manner. We only really tend to see them around April though.
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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

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Aperture f/5.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500

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Mar, 2014

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