African Green Pigeon.... 11/06/11

We saw lions in the morning, we saw lions in the afternoon.... but nothing can compare with a close sighting of my favorite bird... the mighty AFRICAN GREEN PIGEON, we spotted them close to maji ya nyegere they were perching on a low bush so we approached slowly stopped the car... and then closer... and closer... and closer... most of them left but one stayed..we were no more then 7 meters from the colourfull bird hat was busy preening and looking around.... how many colors in a sinle bird... from green to rusty brown to yellow without forgetting the white of the bill, the pink of the feet and the blue of the eyes.... almost a tanzanite blue....
Eventually it went o the ground pecking something that we realised was nothing else then small solid parcels of soil.....
how cool is this bird??