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European Roller (Lesbos #7)

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The European Roller, Coracias garrulus, is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. The European Roller is a long-distance migrant, wintering in southern Africa in two distinct regions, from Senegal east to Cameroon and from Ethiopia west to Congo and south to South Africa. The declines in the European population has resulted in its Red List status being upgraded from Least Concern to Near Threatened in 2005. Threats include persecution on migration in some Mediterranean countries and hundreds, perhaps thousands, are shot for food in Oman every spring. Use of pesticides reduces food availability, and the species is sensitive to changing farming and forestry practices. We saw this bird on our last morning in Lesbos; probably exhausted by a long migratory flight, he was literally posing for all the photographers (shot taken from the car, at a distance of about 10 m !) Le Rollier d'Europe (Coracias garrulus) est la seule espèce de la famille des coraciidés à vivre en France (dans le Sud). Il niche généralement dans d'anciennes loges de pics, creusées dans des arbres ou dans des trous de bâtiment. C'est un migrateur. Dès la fin août ou au début de septembre, il prend ses quartiers d'hiver au sud du Sahara et ne revient que vers la fin avril. Nous avons vu cet oiseau le dernier jour de notre séjour à Lesbos ; probablement fatigué par un long vol migratoire, il posait vraiment pour tous les photographes (photo à partir de la voiture à une distance d’environ 10 m !) Thank you for your comments on my previous upload: thumb_2251444.jpg "Like A Bird… (Lesbos #6)"

Comments (20)


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Dreamingbee

1:35PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

and he is posing so well ;) - as always wonderful photo !!!

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DCLEW2

1:36PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

Awesome capture!

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danob

1:56PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

One of my favourite birds if a less colourful than some of it's family..

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Feliciti

2:51PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

perfect posing and a very beautiful bird !!!

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PatGoltz

3:43PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

Beautiful bird! All the rollers are. Just different colors from mine.

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makron

4:05PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

Wonderful capture my friend, well done

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Jaykayyorks

4:48PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

Great DOF and seperation

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Lashia

6:25PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

Beautiful colour, love his attentive stance- thanks for sharing! :)

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MrsRatbag

7:35PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

What a beautiful bird! Excellent capture!

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netot

7:51PM | Mon, 26 September 2011

This picture is an instant fav. Is really beautiful. The colors are splendid,the ligth is great. Excellent work!!!!

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jayfar

1:57AM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Excellent capture Michel.

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fallen21

2:35AM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Awesome shot!

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erlandpil

9:39AM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Beautiful bird erland

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mariogiannecchini

10:05AM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Excellente capture and photo , Michel !

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GiMi53

11:45AM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Thank you for your comments; my next upload: thumb_2252233.jpg "Willow Warbler (Lesbos #8)"

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tony25v

10:02PM | Tue, 27 September 2011

Very nice!

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SIGMAWORLD

10:08AM | Wed, 28 September 2011

Niedlicher Vogel.

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dorothylee

10:59PM | Wed, 28 September 2011

Super!

CaressingTheDark

2:24AM | Thu, 29 September 2011

Great shot and love the clarity

bebert

1:44PM | Sun, 02 October 2011

belles couleurs, son plumage est plus beau que sont ramage :)


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Photograph Details
F Numberf/9.0
MakeNIKON CORPORATION
ModelNIKON D300S
Shutter Speed10/3200
ISO Speed500
Focal Length500

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