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Bush Baptist
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
Unread postPosted: Thu May 24, 2012 11:11 pm 
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Jan van Wyk
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
Unread postPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:13 pm 
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Great Dane
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Also to be found at Marakele NP :D

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wildtuinman
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Great Dane
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Wildtuinman, its not fair, why is your Purple Roller really purple and mine not :(

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granjan
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Yours is stunning, Great Dane. :thumbs_up:


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wildtuinman
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Great Dane, I had to take mine with a flash that morning very early whilst it was still asleep on that branch. Maybe the flash brought out the purple a bit more. :?

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Great Dane
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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wildtuinman wrote:
Great Dane, I had to take mine with a flash that morning very early whilst it was still asleep on that branch. Maybe the flash brought out the purple a bit more. :?

I see, except for the funny looking eye, it looks great in the light of the flash :D

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Sharifa
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Crested Val
 Post subject: Re: Roller, Purple
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Not the best of photos, as it is cropped..................but it was our first ever Purple Roller, so we were sooooooooo excited. :thumbs_up:

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