I must have distracted him

as he stopped preening and started looking around.

[Walks @ 7]

He does look a bit upset but a great capture

[John Falconer]

Great capture love the eyes.

[Dorothy]

Looks like a good sized bird. Great red eyes.

[Babs]

How unusual to have a red eye

[Chris Cook]

Nice detail

[Rob Z]

Lovely details.

[Christina]

Great details

[Kathy A]

Fabulous portrait

[Bec]

A lovely side profile - interesting eye.

[Mags]

Wonderful capture!

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[Desi]

Lovely detail and great composition

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture.

[katy]

He looks a little miffed that he had to stop! Fascinating, looking bird, though, with some fabulous detail in the photo

[Beryl Lloyd]

Not happy with the disruption ! , he looks rather miffed ! Great shot - fav

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful capture & such detail!

[winghong_ho]

Lovely capture.

[Rosie Kind]

That's brilliant

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great details in this.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely detailed capture.

[Peter]

Wonderful feather detail and tones beautifully captured Diana, Fav:)

[Danette Thompson]

Nice clarity

[Olwynne]

Lovely detail

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ooooh he is marvellous!

[LManning (Laura)]

Such great detail in the feathers.

[haskar]

Beautifully captured.

[gloria jones]

Super capture

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[Heather]

A super shot, Diana- tack-sharp focus with great clarity! Lovely light, too! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Smile- it looks like he's thinking, "Do you mind? I'm trying to take a bath here!" Good shot!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Fabulous

[Corinne C]

Such an amazing image!

[Bill]

Really nice crisp shot.

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

@joysabin @johnfalconer @illinilass @onewing @cdcook48 @robz @christinav @kjarn @walksnaplove @marlboromaam @joansmor @seacreature @wakelys @grammyn @beryl @happysnaps @wh2021 @rosiekind @mittens @merrelyn @pcoulson @danette @ollyfran @koalagardens @ljmanning @haskar @seattlite @carole_sandford @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @365projectorgchristine @corinnec @cwbill @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@onewing All the reed cormorants here have red eyes Babs :-)

[Steve Chappell]

Nice capture