The Eurasian hoopoe

Taken in the zoo. This is a fairly numerous bird in Poland, but very shy. I saw him many times but I never managed to take a good shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A new one for me - such a smart bird with his black and white feather pattern and love the head feathers and that long sharp beak! fav

[JackieR]

These were my cousin's favourite bird when we were young children, he was always drawing them!!!

[MamaBec]

Love how you framed this.

[Suzanne]

Not a bird I know. Camouflage colours

[Granny7(Denise)]

Wow fantastic

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Mags]

WOW! What a poser and capture. Outstanding!!!

[Renee Salamon]

What a beauty

[Linda Godwin]

He is a beauty with interesting crest feathers

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, feather details...Such a great looking bird.

[Peter Dulis]

beautiful bird

[Joan Robillard]

What a fabulous bird.

[Heather]

A great shot to capture its beautiful feathers and that amazing beak! Fav

[Bucktree]

Very nice capture.

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Graceful looking bird.

[Islandgirl]

Neat looking bird!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

He could be a cousin to some of our woodpeckers but none of ours have a beak like that. Good shot!

[Gosia]

Beautiful

[Barb]

Spectacular capture!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful capture of the birds details and colors.

[chikadnz]

An interesting bird, blends in well with its background.

[Wylie]

lovely shot of this interesting bird.

[Boxplayer]

What an absolutely gorgeous bird. Beautifully captured feathery detail and lovely against the pale wood.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot and he is a beautiful bird.

[Merrelyn]

He has such interesting plumage, lovely shot.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

What a beautiful bird! I was so busy looking at his body that I almost missed the feathers on his head!

[carol white]

A lovely capture.Fav😊. I've only seen these in Cyprus

[Delboy79]

What a lovely creature

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, fav

[Maggiemae]

Aa cloak of many colour and design! Hurrah for the Hoopoe!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Fabulous capture fav!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautiful bird. Nice capture

[Kerry McCarthy]

Cool looking bird!