Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Another shot from my trip to Brazos Bend National Park in Texas.

[Lyn Berriman]

Fabulous! fav for me!

[Simply Amanda]

Fabulous and fav for me, too:)!

[Graham Thresher]

A wonderful Fav.

[Alison Roberts]

Absolutely beautiful and an instant Fav

[Julie Duncan]

Have never seen one - nice looking bird!

[Debi 🐩]

Great detailed shot of a beautiful if somewhat strange looking bird

[John Falconer]

Great shot. It looks very elegant.

[Paula W]

Fabulous Issi, looks like it belongs in a magazine. Fav.

[Islandgirl]

Love the detail and the background colours!

[*lynn]

Looks like fine art! Beautiful focus and background. Big fav

[KWind]

Beautiful bird! Super clarity!

[Deb]

Beautiful capture! The focus is gorgeous with the lighting hitting him just right.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured

[Issi Bannerman]

@lynnilou @amandal @thresheg @perspectivesimages @juliedduncan @wearing0 @johnfalconer @paulaw @radiogirl @lynnz @kwind @dgrynn @ziggy77 Thank you friends for all the lovely comments and favs. He was a pretty handsome dude!

[👑 AnaZad]

Gorgeous. So elegant. Great capture. FV.

[Joy Maguire]

what a fabulous photo and stunning bird. Fav

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

What a lovely upstanding little chap. Fav

[Kathy]

Beautiful shot. Like out of a magazine.

[Lee]

Beautiful looking bird And great shot too.

[Sheila G]

Great composition and detail. Fav

[Allison]

Oh wow.......beautiful.......totally agree with Kathy's comment.....fav! :-)

[Square Sparrow]

Splendid shot, Issi - how wonderful to be able to get so close to all these wonderful birds.

[Milanie]

Your detail is absolutely unreal - so perfect. What a fascinating looking bird. Fav

[Stephanie Swift]

Lovely dof and light in your shot of this handsome bird.

[Nita]

Gorgeous shot, he looks so regal, such wonderful detail A fav.

[Kathryn 🐎]

Wow, a wonderful capture and perfect details. I like the description on it too, very subtle.

[Sarah Munnings]

So close, I can never get this close to a heron! Great capture

[Vee]

What a beautiful shot and beautiful bird! I've never seen one! Fav!