A secretiv appearance

as I have never seen one at Spier before.

On odd occasioons I see one here where we live, but seldom to capture one.

This one is obviously in the moult and will soon be a nonsescrpt grey bird.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great find and bokeh - so the moult explains its scruffy look ! - glad you pointed this out !

[Steve Chappell]

Great find and fantastic capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Sweet capture.

[Lesley]

Wow, what a beauty. I’ve never seen one of these before

[Linda Godwin]

Nice find even though he doesn`t seem to want to participate. I like your composition and the curved stem above him.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is beautiful !

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wonderful find!

[Susan Wakely]

What a lovely find.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Michelle]

Beautiful bird

[haskar]

Lovely shot and background.

[Mags]

Beautiful capture!

[gloria jones]

Neat natural framing, focus

[Peter]

Well spotted and nicely captured Diana:)

[katy]

Fabulous to have spotted him Diana and a superb composition

[Rob Z]

Great image. Does he lose all of his yellow and lighter colours?

[Carole Sandford]

Such a beauty!

[Bucktree]

Fabulous capture and bokeh.

[Heather]

I love your composition with this shot, Diana! Your pretty bird is nicely positioned between the branches with nothing else to distract us. Lovely light and bokeh, too! Fav

[Corinne C]

What a capture! It would have been so sad not to have a picture of him before he turns grey!

[Renee Salamon]

You get to see the most amazing birds AND capture them beautifully 👏

[LManning (Laura)]

How special.

[Paula Fontanini]

Wonderful composition and capture of this beautiful bird. You always get them in such beautiful settings and this is no exception!

[Rick]

Interesting looking bird. Great shot.

[Diana]

@beryl @swchappell @mittens @tinley23 @rontu @kchuk @365projectorgchristine @koalagardens @wakelys @joansmor @bigmxx @haskar @marlboromaam @seattlite @pcoulson @grammyn @robz @carole_sandford @dkellogg @365projectorgheatherb @corinnec @rensala @ljmanning @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@robz Yes Rob, he looks like the female red bishops then. So difficult to tell them apart when it is not mating season ;-)

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely shot of him whilst he still has some colour.

[Jo Worboys]

Beautiful bird (and capture) even when it is changing colours

[Merrelyn]

Lovely focus and dof.

[Olwynne]

Great capture

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great catch!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice