A favourite bird of mine

is the fish eagle. Sometimes I can get a fuller shot, but not this time.

Sorry for all the uploads but I have to beat the loadshedding which is just about to start.

[Kathy A]

Fabulous portrait of this regal looking eagle

[Maggiemae]

You have so many eagles and your photos are always so close and focused! What is load shedding - taking off all your clothes?

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow, what a beauty!

[Babs]

Wow what a beak fav

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture and beak.

[Gosia]

Great details

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super close-up - look at that beak! fav

[Casablanca]

lovely portrait. Love those golden eyes

[Dawn]

Wonderful details fav

[katy]

Absolutely fabulous close-up image. A beautiful profile shot of him with that terrific light

[Allison Maltese]

A fabulous close-up indeed with great clarity.

[Mags]

Beautiful bird and closeup!

[Corinne C]

Wow, beautiful close up

[Milanie]

Super close-up

[winghong_ho]

Great close-up.

[LManning (Laura)]

Incredible clarity in the eye!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent shot and he is beautiful.

[Lou Ann]

This is perfect. He’s a stunner!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

stunning - that loadshedding is awful for you to manage around

[gloria jones]

Stellar close up

[Heather]

A great close-up with amazing detail! That eye and the hooked beak! Fav

[George]

Stunning clarity

[Carole Sandford]

Super close up!

[Chris Cook]

I really like that you have closed in on the head. An intimate portrait. I have not heard of fish eagles before. We have plenty of bald eagles here in BC but not those. In profile, except for the colouring, it looks exact like a bald eagle.

[Jane Pittenger]

The eye is stunning

[Valerie Chesney]

stunning capture..

[Diana]

@kjarn @maggiemae @jamibann @onewing @wakelys @gosia @casablanca @beryl @Dawn @grammyn @falcon11 @marlboromaam @corinnec @milaniet @wh2021 @ljmanning @mittens @louannwarren @koalagardens @seattlite @365projectorgheatherb @gaf005 @carole_sandford @cdcook48 @jgpittenger @happysnaps Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@maggiemae That would be much more fun Maggiemae! For 8 hours each day we have no electricity as our supplier is bankrupt! It is getting worse atm as a nuclear plant has broken down :-(

[Diana]

@koalagardens It is becoming a huge problem Katrina, eight and a half hours a day, with a tendency to get worse. Atm it is from 8-12.30 and then again early evening. I start on 365 at 5.45 and hope to finish by 8 ;-)

[Korcsog Károly]

A wonderful portrait of this beautiful bird!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great close up

[Steve Chappell]

Great capture