Shaking its feathers

while the ducks are still sleeping.

There are a few of these grass islands at Intaka, which is great for all the different species of waterfowl.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha! so busily preening and shaking it all about , while the ducks can not even find the enthusiasm to stir !

[Brian]

Gorgeous moment captured so well. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Susan Wakely]

Impressive feather fluttering.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot.

[katy]

This is a great shot of the two different kinds of birds. It must be awesome to be able to see them all like this.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture. You are lucky to have many water fowls close by. I have just returned home from a two hour walk along the coast in hot weather and I only saw 2 o 3 egrets at the Salini Salt Pans. This is another lovely capture. The big bird with russtled feathers is new to me.

[Zilli~]

Great photo. The ducks have two distinct patches of colors!

[Beverley]

Oooo wonderful i love it…fabulous capture

[Islandgirl]

Wow interesting bird shaking his feathers 🪶

[Mags]

Those ducks are lovely and so different.

[Merrelyn]

It's certainly fluffing those feathers.

[John Falconer]

Great capture. Well spotted. Mind you they were sleeping.

[Corinne C]

Wonderful!
It's so great to see several types of birds living together.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute capture.

[Desi]

Brilliant

[Dorothy]

What fun! Lovely colours.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful capture of fluffy feathers.
You suggest shutter priority what Exposures settings do you use

[Josie Gilbert]

Very cute.

[Michelle]

It's certainly having a good wash and brush up!

[Shutterbug]

Love the comp and capture of each of them.

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely capture

[Lisa Brown]

this is great. Your detail work is wonderful.

[Tia]

Great shot with lovely details.

[Cordiander]

I love the green and blue feathers of the ducks!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very nice- the ducks remind me of our Mallards but I know that's not what they are.

[George]

Great capture.

[Pat]

I love this, the ducks are totally unfazed!
Great capture.

[Renee Salamon]

Who’s the guy on the middle? Lovely capture

[Allison Maltese]

A nice triangle in your composition, and I like the stripes of color on the ducks.

[John]

They look like they are enjoying themselves in that special place!

[Heather]

A great shot, Diana! I love how it's all puffed up and its feathers are spiking out in all directions! Amusing, too, with the "do not disturb" ducks on the scene! Fav

[LManning (Laura)]

A proper fluff.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

👍👍👍

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

@beryl @briaan @joansmor @wakelys @wh2021 @grammyn @sangwann @zilli @beverley365 @marlboromaam @radiogirl @merrelyn @johnfalconer @corinnec @mittens @seacreature @illinilass @365projectorgchristine @josiegilbert @bigmxx @shutterbug49 @craftymeg @lisab514 @tiaj1402 @cordulaamann @elisasaeter @olivetreeann @gaf005 @pattyblue @rensala @falcon11 @congaree @365projectorgheatherb @ljmanning @ggshearron @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@365projectorgchristine It all depends if the animals are moving or not Christine. If moving, I use TV 1250-2000 otherwise around 320-650. I am never quite sure and keep on changing to see which are the best settings ;-)

[Diana]

@sangwann The big bird is a sacred ibis Dione, I have posted many of them. e.g. in today's Fun album you can see a few ;-)

[Diana]

@olivetreeann I just googled the difference between the two duck species Anne. They are very similar with only the beak and tail feathers being different ;-)

[Lois]

Wonderful timing!

[Annie D]

love the disinterest of the ducks hahaha

[Kathy A]

Looks like he's having a great preen

[haskar]

Lovely scene.