Our National Bird

the Blue Crane, taken through TS.

[Shutterbug]

What a spectacular bird.Very nice photo of it.

[tony gig]

Beautiful... Fav

[Babs]

It is beautiful.

[CC Folk]

Beautiful...almost like a painting! fav.

[Sharon Lee]

beautiful bird

[Peter]

Stunning feather detail and tones a real work of art Diana:)

[Annie-Sue]

great placement in front of that plant

[Clare Gadsby]

what a glorious bird - and so well captured by you

[Lou Ann]

He’s beautiful. What a lovely photo.

[Mallory]

Nice capture! Your images are always incredible. Love seeing the beauty of your surroundings in your shots.

[Jacqueline]

Wonderful!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture Diana :)

[Carole Sandford]

Superb capture!

[Susan Golding]

Beautiful.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

this is lovely - the shine on those feathers is great :)

[David]

I didn't know that it is SA's national bird. Maybe you should look out for the national flower too... the King Protea is it? There are some under glass in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales about an hour's drive from where I live.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful and fav. capture.

[Karly]

A gorgeous bird and a beautiful image. So graceful.

[Jane Pittenger]

A beauty

[amyK]

Lovely edit

[Rick]

Interesting bird. Great shot and edit.

[Diana]

@shutterbug49 @tonygig @onewing @gardenfolk @sugarmuser @pcoulson @anniesue @pistache @louannwarren @sunnygirl @jacqbb @merrelyn @carole_sandford @windridge @koalagardens @yrhenwr @pyrrhula @365karly1 @jgpittenger @amyk @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great capture

[katy]

Such an amazing photo. Fabulous detail and composition

[Diana]

@elisasaeter @grammyn Thanks so much :-)