Such long necks they have

and so flexible too. At the bat of an eyelid they can look in the opposite direction.

[tony gig]

Cracking Shots...

[Renee Salamon]

Brilliant

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot. The long neck is good to dive into water for fishes.

[Babs]

Wow excellent shot, such a long neck. fav

[Mags]

Great closeup! That eye is focused on something.

[katy]

This is an absolutely fantastic shot. The clarity is amazing

[Steve Chappell]

Wow, fantastic closeup

[Esther Rosenberg]

Very cool composed, Love it! weird birds but very interesting to look at.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture. He is beautiful looking.

[Shutterbug]

That makes a terrific comp, coming from the corner like that.

[Heather]

A fabulous close-up and composition and lovely dof! Fav

[Korcsog Károly]

Fantastic shot!

[Pam]

Wow!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

and the kink in it!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Carole Sandford]

Excellent shot!

[Kathy A]

Wonderful shot!

[Bill]

Great capture.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Excellent portrait- it's not the usual pose so it's really striking and dynamic.

[Allison Maltese]

Wow, incredible detail in this Darter portrait. Nicely timed as well to get that extended neck.

[Valerie Chesney]

Great capture.... their necks are truly amazing Diana..

[Diana]

@tonygig @rensala @wh2021 @onewing @marlboromaam @grammyn @swchappell @dutchothotmailcom @mittens @shutterbug49 @365projectorgheatherb @kork @pamalama @koalagardens @elisasaeter @carole_sandford @kjarn @cwbill @olivetreeann @falcon11 @happysnaps Thanks for the great comments, favs and getting it on the tp and pp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Steve Jacob]

Lovely detail of the bird

[Jacqueline]

Cool shot!