A lovely little visitor

sitting on a stump close to the hide.

It is such a thrilling moment when one sees a bird approaching one of the stumps or reeds, and sits there patiently waiting until they spot a fish.

I used a bit of texture on the background as it was rather distracting.

[Annie D]

a lovely kingfisher - great image Diana

[Dorothy]

A beauty!

[Christina]

Unusual colouring. Great details in the shot

[Diana]

@annied @illinilass @christinav Many thanks, they are plain black and white Christina :-)

[Sonya Murray]

Great photo Diana! Fav

[Casablanca]

Sweet fellow

[Tia]

very unusual colouring with great details.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely shot of this little kingfisher - never seen a b/w one before !

[Corinne C]

A beautiful portrait and a great edit to enhance your pic.

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely.

[Rob Z]

Lovely

[Babs]

What an interesting bird

[Mags]

Superb closeup!

[narayani]

Great detail

[katy]

Terrific looking little kingfisher, and an excellent application of the texture

[John Falconer]

Great capture.

[John Falconer]

Well spotted. Well captured.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot.

[Olwynne]

Really sweet capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute capture.

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely bird, well captured!

[Desi]

Oh how lovely

[gloria jones]

Outstanding capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oooooh another kind of kingfisher? so good!

[Beverley]

Beautiful… must be very exciting

[Renee Salamon]

He’s lovely

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great image and processing!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely

[Heather]

A great shot, Diana! I love the scaly textures of its black and white feathers! (and this is definitely a new one for me! Thank you!) Fav

[Christine Sztukowski]

Excellent photograph

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Gorgeous shot!

[Pat]

How lovely is he!
I’ve never seen a black and white one before either, thanks for sharing him with us!

[Jane Pittenger]

This is a different variety of kingfisher?

[Paula Fontanini]

Award winning shot Diana...all the stars aligned for this one. Beautiful bird and excellent capture!

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@sonyam @casablanca @tiaj1402 @beryl @corinnec @wakelys @robz @onewing @marlboromaam @narayani @grammyn @johnfalconer @wh2021 @ollyfran @mittens @carole_sandford @seacreature @seattlite @koalagardens @beverley365 @rensala @mccarth1 @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @365projectorgchristine @olivetreeann @pattyblue @jgpittenger @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@jgpittenger Yes Jane, we have a few different varieties here. I have only seen two so far though :-)

[haskar]

Beautiful capture and I like your new background.

[Kathy A]

Lovely looking chap

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super image

[Taffy]

Just love this capture!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav

[Diana]

@haskar @kjarn @ziggy77 @taffy @sdutoit Thanks so much :-)