Almost done

with all those beautiful feathers, the preening took forever. It must have been a female.

[Lois]

Such a lovely and graceful bird!

[Annie D]

wow it must be quite a job to look beautiful

[sheri]

Such an interesting portrait.

[Kathy A]

Such a great photo

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, that's great. What an exhibitionist!

[narayani]

These are such lovely birds

[Rob Z]

I love these shots of yours - the formations that those birds can adopt is amazing! :)

[Paula C]

This is soooo good! What a great pose you've captured:-)

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wish I was that mobile + standing on one leg !! Super pose and capture - so much detail - fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Haha a perfect description of a female. Beautiful shot and a wonderful bird to capture. Never seen them here.

[Babs]

Wow what a pose.

[Mags]

I wish I could do that! Awesome shot!

[Peter Dulis]

love it ...

[Lou Ann]

So lovely and elegant in appearance.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Milanie]

This is neat pose you caught

[katy]

LOL! Well she definitely looks beautiful now!

[Jacqueline]

Your calendar is going to be wonderful Diana, sorry for not visiting your project sooner but the time is very sparse in my situation at the moment. I looked through your albums and you took great photo’s!!

[wendy frost]

Lovely bird and capture Fav

[Esther Rosenberg]

lol, they can do this for hours.

[Bep]

Great capture. Prachtige kraanvogel.

[Nina Ganci]

super capture
fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful shot- but I've known some guys who preen just as much as women do- just not in the same way!

[Yolanda]

Great catch

[Carole Sandford]

Super capture!

[sarah]

Oh he is like a pretzel

[Leslie]

oh my what a pose you caught

[Pyrrhula]

Are you sure. Often the male birds has the color. Great capture for sure.

[bruni]

Instant favorite. whish I was still that mobile.

[Kerri Michaels]

cool catch fav

[Poppo Livy]

LOL

[George]

Wonderful capture of this contortion.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Diana]

@loweygrace @annied @sherimiya @kjarn @jamibann @narayani @robz @pea @wakelys @beryl @sangwann @onewing @marlboromaam @pdulis @louannwarren @mittens @milaniet @grammyn @jacqbb @wendyfrost @dutchothotmailcom @gijsje @ninaganci @olivetreeann @yolanda @carole_sandford @samae @lesip @pyrrhula @bruni @moviegal1 @terryliv @gaf005 @rickster549 Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@jacqbb Thanks so much Jacqueline, I know you have a lot going on atm :-)

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot

[Diana]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth :-)

[Vesna]

Unusual image.