He heard me

after figuring out where I was, he disappeared back into the reeds. Pity there were reeds in front of him, I could not get rid of it.

[Chris Cook]

Quite an attractive bird, but an unattractive name.

[Cordiander]

An extraordinary bird. Nice pic!

[Babs]

Lovely lighting he is gorgeous

[Bec]

The reeds made for a lovely background. Great colours.

[Issi Bannerman]

He's quite lovely. Such beautiful colouring.

[Peter]

Beautiful feather detail and colours Diana, Fav:)

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Susan Wakely]

Such lovely colours.

[Zilli]

Like the title!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a colourful lad !

[Mags]

Still a lovely capture!

[katy]

A terrific shot of him showing his colors, so well, Diana. FAV

[Valerie Chesney]

This bird is so beautiful!

[Corinne C]

Almost surreal!

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

Nice one. You have such nice birds over there. Ours are mostly grey brown and black.

[Kathy A]

Such gorgeous colouring

[Kate]

Striking colors and the bird stuck a pose for you!

[summerfield]

fabulous shot, Diana. aces!

[narayani]

Lovely colours

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He looks wonderful.

[gloria jones]

Wow...such a colorful bird...

[Olwynne]

Wow! He's very colourful

[Christine Sztukowski]

Great pose

[Renee Salamon]

What a beauty, in a perfect setting

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Heather]

Oh wow, Diana! Just stunning- the colours, the light, focus, dof! Big fav!

[Jo Worboys]

Wow what an amazing colour

[Carole Sandford]

Amazing colours on this unusual bird!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You did the best you could and still got a decent shot I think. He's very colorful!

[LManning (Laura)]

A striking bird!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Yeah, but LOOK at that colorful head!

[Diana]

@cdcook48 @cordulaamann @onewing @walksnaplove @jamibann @pcoulson @joansmor @wakelys @zilli @beryl @marlboromaam @grammyn @happysnaps @corinnec @swillinbillyflynn @kjarn @k9photo @summerfield @narayani @mittens @seattlite @ollyfran @365projectorgchristine @rensala @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @365projectorgjoworboys @carole_sandford @olivetreeann @ljmanning @ggshearron Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Steve Chappell]

Fantastic capture of a cool bird

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@swchappell @rickster549 Thanks so much :-)

[Vesna]

Wonderful