Can I Get a Bird?
2 November 2004, 9 pm | Photos
My oldest child, a senior at the high school where I teach, sent me an email this afternoon asking me if she could get a bird, this bird in particular:
![[Lilac-breasted Roller]](http://journal.cowpi.com/images/04/bird_lilac-breasted-roller.jpg "Bird species Lilac-breasted Roller")
My first reaction was that the photo was a fake. But no, it is a real bird (although this one is a little more plump than most). It is called a Liliac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata). It is native to mid-to-southern Africa. It is the national bird of Zimbabwe.
What a beautiful bird!
![[image: 'Smiling Jesus']](http://journal.cowpi.com/grafiks/sidebar/smiling-jesus2.jpg "'Smiling Jesus'")
![[Jerusalem Cross with Heart]](http://cowpi.com/journal/grafiks/jerusalem-cross-heart.gif "Jerusalem Cross with Heart")
Comments
What a beautiful bird!
∼ πλ · 2 November 2004, 10 pm · by Liesa ¬
Believe it or not, I have seen a Lilac Breasted Roller in person in Kenya. When I was 12, about 20 years ago. There was another pretty kind called “Red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu” (see http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/c_bleu.htm). My 8th grade English teacher thought I was making the name up.
∼ πλ · 2 November 2004, 10 pm · by Katherine ¬
Oh, that is lovely! God is such an artist, making things that are so wildly colorful! :)
∼ πλ · 2 November 2004, 11 pm · by songstress7 ¬
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