A bird I was keen to photograph was the Indian roller. And Bablu scouted a couple of individuals when we went out into the countryside. But they perched far from the road, and it was not until we got out and approached this roller on foot that I got some pictures. At first glance, the Indian roller resembles the European roller (Coracias garrulus). But the eye is deceiving. The Indian roller has its reddish-brown field on the breast - not on the back, and it features the blue color on the head, wings and underparts - not on the breast. The back is also greenish or greenish-brown. The white-streaked feathers on the throat and breast also bring to mind the relatives, the Purple roller (Coracias naevius) or the Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata) - as the European roller lack these white streaks altogether.