Madikwe Game Reserve Oct 2014
Wild-life photographs taken inside the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa
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Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller taking it catch of a "Red Roman" into its nest containing chicks in a dead Leadwood tree.
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller taking it catch of a "Red Roman" into its nest containing chicks in a dead Leadwood tree.
Charles Hopkins
on June 4, 2016An extraordinary sequence of 12 photographs depicting a Lilac-breasted Roller with a "Red Roman" bug (only has six legs so not a spider) in its beak disappearing into a hole in a Dead Leadwood tree to feed it to its young - re-emerging only to repeat the procedure again - captured thanks to a high framerate camera and good sunlit conditions. What a privilege to have witnessed from behind the lens.