Bishops in the reeds

on a quiet day.

The winter storms we had have flattened many reeds, which means that the birds are pretty low down.

I could only get some shots on days without wind, of which there were not many.

Fortunately, the dam is in our olive grove and only a few meters away.

[Lesley]

Beautiful, really beautiful

[Babs]

He is such a colourful bird.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a beauty!

[Kathy A]

He's wonderful

[Christine Louise]

Brilliant capture

[winghong_ho]

Lovely capture of such colorful bird.

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely looking bird.

[katy]

This is an absolutely gorgeous capture of him in the composition is perfect. It would look wonderful in any bird book.

[Valerie Chesney]

Wonderful capture & detail of this gorgeous bird!

[Mags]

Beautiful bird!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful complementary colors and detail

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Sweet capture.

[Carole Sandford]

Wonderful close up!

[gloria jones]

Fabulous close up

[Renee Salamon]

Fantastic capture of this beauty

[Rob Falbo]

Great colour.

[Julie]

Such color.

[Desi]

Absolutely stunning

[Helge E. Storheim]

Beautiful bird and great capture

[Rob Z]

Simply gorgeous.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Ann H. LeFevre]

In spite of the obstacles you've managed a really nice shot of this handsome fellow!

[narayani]

Sweet

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful capture!

[Paula Fontanini]

Beautiful bird and stunning composition!

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Diana]

@tinley23 @onewing @beryl @kjarn @365projectclmutlow @wh2021 @wakelys @grammyn @happysnaps @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @mittens @carole_sandford @seattlite @rensala @robfalbo @2022julieg @seacreature @helstor365 @robz @elisasaeter @olivetreeann @narayani @ljmanning @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Heather]

A great close-up of this beautiful bird, Diana! The light on its red plumage is stunning and your dof / background shows it off so well! Fav

[Vesna]

Cute face!