Watching and waiting

All the time I was there, not once did he see anything worth swooping down for.

Just a pity he was so far away and chose a tree full of thin branches to sit on.

[Louise & Ken]

Surely you're not saying that you find this a less-than-perfect picture! It's wonderful!!!

[*lynn]

gorgeous bird

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh but look a the detail in that head!

[Suzanne]

I think the lacy network of thin branches really add to the pic. Favourite

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful shot. Big fav.

[Brian]

Awesome

[Kathy A]

Awesome shot

[Christina]

Gorgeous shot

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautifully captured ! - fav

[narayani]

Beautiful detail

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful.

[winghong_ho]

A lovely bird, very colorful.

[Valerie Chesney]

Diana, this capture is gorgeous in color & detail! FAV

[Babs]

Wow isn't he the most amazing colours. fav.

[katy]

Absolutely stunning color and detail! This one is going to go to the TT for sure

[Merrelyn]

Great capture.

[Mags]

Very nice!

[Paul J]

Very colorful bird. Nice capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love his colors. Great shot.

[Renee Salamon]

Fantastic focus

[Cordiander]

Wonderful!

[Corinne C]

Birds in South Africa are incredible! What a gorgeous pic!

[Pammy Joy]

Gorgeous pic

[gloria jones]

Outstanding feather details

[Peter]

Simply gorgeous capture image Diana, Fav:)

[Bucktree]

Lovely capture. Such a colorful bird.

[Carole Sandford]

Fantastic capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You still managed to get a good shot of him!

[Heather]

Such a pretty bird and so well captured, Diana! Love the light on his colourful plumage! Fav

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Diana]

@Weezilou @lynnz @koalagardens @ankers70 @jamibann @briaan @kjarn @christinav @beryl @narayani @wakelys @wh2021 @happysnaps @onewing @grammyn @merrelyn @marlboromaam @pej76 @mittens @rensala @cordulaamann @corinnec @pammyjoy @seattlite @pcoulson @dkellogg @carole_sandford @elisasaeter @olivetreeann @365projectorgheatherb @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@Weezilou I had to remove quite a few little branches of it Louise, therefore it really is not 100% ;-)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Wonderful capture big FAV! Love those head feathers,

[katy]

I told you it would end up on the TT Congratulations Diana

[John Falconer]

Great capture. Congratulations on Top Twenty.

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Vesna]

Fav!

[Susan Wakely]

So good to see this beauty on the TT.

[Shutterbug]

Fabulous capture. I seemed to miss it when it was posted. I love the colors and the detail.