First Roller of the Season

Africa gives us big drama with lions and elephants… and then slips in gems like this to remind us to look at the smaller stars too.

The wonder of a lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) never grows old.

We spotted this individual on our first game drive of the season in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Now I need to work on capturing one of these 8-colored birds in flight. There’s a reason it is known as “the flying rainbow.”