Fascinated by a root

on our front lawn. We have five large Chinese poplars that were planted by the estate when they built the roads.

Some were planted in their containers, which forced to roots to grow overground.

Our lawn has them all over and we keep chopping them off as they grow into drains and break the pipes.

This mousebird was fascinated by something on one of the roots and examined for quite a while.

[Casablanca]

What a looooong tail!

[Christina]

Interesting bird

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely looking bird with his long tail - perhaps searching for a morsal to eat!! A great shot ! fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

So good!

[Susan Wakely]

What a lovely looking bird.

[Kathy A]

Such an amazing tail

[katy]

Terrific shot of the bird with this beautiful low POV. The root makes a fascinating addition to the photo, but I understand how obnoxious they can be when they invade areas you don’t want them to

[Mags]

What long tail feathers! Very nice.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute catch.

[Beverley]

Fascinating mousebird… maybe he’s looking for bugs.
Brilliant pov … lovely photo

[Christine Sztukowski]

Oh wow I love his head

[Renee Salamon]

Isn’t he lovely - you are blessed with all your birds

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's some tail he has! Roots are problems everywhere when drains are involved. But they sure added a point of interest to this shot and this bird. Good catch!

[George]

Fascinating bird, and fascinated bird.

[Heather]

A great capture of this striking bird! It's crested head is like our cardinals, but that super long tail is definitely unique! Fav

[LManning (Laura)]

M goodness - that tail!

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

@casablanca @christinav @beryl @koalagardens @wakelys @kjarn @grammyn @marlboromaam @wh2021 @mittens @beverley365 @365projectorgchristine @rensala @olivetreeann @gaf005 @365projectorgheatherb @ljmanning @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[haskar]

Wonderful shot and beautiful long tail.