Photo of the Day – Preferring open woodland and savanna, the gaudy Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) perches conspicuously on high vantage points as it searches for its next meal. One thing is for sure, with plumage like that these beauties are pretty much unmistakable!
This amazingly detailed photo was taken by Rich Lindie in Kruger NP, South Africa
I know many of you out there are feeling a bit down. Have a crow to Wouldn’t it be Nice by the Beach Boys to lift your mood.
He stops and looks both ways?!?
You wanna know what makes this better?
Crows normally walk. This one seems to have both legs working, so he’s not hopping out of necessity, he’s doing it for fun. Corvids can sometimes be seen doing things like this for no evident reason other than enjoyment.
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