indian roller

Indian Roller. Awful focus , I know :-( But didn’t have the heart to trash this 'accidental"flight shot seeing the wing colours.. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Indian Roller. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Indian Roller. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

There were I seen two Roller out of which one is injured.

Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Indian Roller. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Indian Roller. Shot in harsh light. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.

Indian Roller. Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts. Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.

This beauty is the State Bird of not less than three Indian states!

Indian Roller at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. The indicus subspecies is rather common in the dry lowlands, but this beauty was the only one I met in 3 weeks on the island.

Beautiful and not uncommon

Indian rollers can be seen mostly in dry zones in Sri Lanka and known as a common bird. We have taken this photograph during our recent visits to Maduru Oya national park one of the best places for bird watching in Sri Lanka.

This roller was perched on a jawar(sorghum) crop bathing in some lovely late evening sunlight. Normally a very shy bird, but this one allowed me to get quite close. Shot with my old Fuji camera.

pity about the ugly wire but it's a handsome bird nonetheless

This roller was purched on a sorghum crop late evening. Normally a very shy bird, but this one allowed me to get quite close. Shot with my old Fuji camera.

Last to last Saturday I uploaded an image of this roller photo-bombed by an egret. Ken asked whether I had managed to get a full shot of him. So, here is a complete image of him.