I am watching you (Best viewed on black.)

And there we were....watching each other. Crowned Plover or crowned lapwing. Afrikaans kroonkiewiet.It is a bird found world wide. From the Red sea coast of Somalia to Southern and Southwestern Africa. With bold and noisy habits.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a wonderful close up and detail of this bird and his beady eye

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very cute capture, Sylvia.

[bruni]

Well who is watching whom. stunning looking bird. must be a male with the bright red beak. fav.

[*lynn]

fabulous clarity

[ZambianLass]

Very sweet

[Santina]

ahah, great capture, of this for me unknown and beautiful bird

[Paul]

Great capture. Excellent focusing!

[katy]

Such a perfect close up that is exceptional on black! He almost looks fake!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful shot. Love the details.

[Harry J Benson]

good detail and DoF – fav

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Diana]

This is great Sylvia, I have only seen them here once. Beautiful shot.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

love that eye!

[haskar]

eautiful shot.

[Casablanca]

There's a song, isn't there? I'm watching you watching me watching you. Love it!

[plainjaneandnonnonsense]

Wow ~ such clarity!

[Bep]

Wonderful shot, Sylvia.

[Bep]

@ludwigsdiana
Do you know the name of this wonderful bird, Diana?

[Sylvia du Toit]

@ludwigsdiana @gijsje The name = Crowned Plover or crowned lapwing. Afrikaans kroonkiewiet.

[Sylvia du Toit]

@gijsje Bep I checked on the tag "plover". There are many photos if you want look at them.

[Bep]

@sdutoit
Dankjewel. I'll have a look.

[Nina Ganci]

amazing details and capture
fav

[Henk-Jan]

What a wonderful bird, but so different from our northern lapwing aka "kievit"

[Sylvia du Toit]

@hajeka Thanks for the reply. This is what I love about 365. I had a look at the northern lapwing. They look more or less the same, but also different. I did learn a lot about the birds. Thanks.

[Sylvia du Toit]

@gijsje Bep in 2010 we visited Gouda. I had a look on the map.and saw it is about 202 km. Very near Drenthe. Henk-Jan mentioned the kievit, the northern lapwing. I had a look. the same but also different. If you have spare time have a look. So leer ons!

[Bep]

@sdutoit
Dutch wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadeemkievit

[Sylvia du Toit]

@gijsje Thanks. Now we are learning. Ons gaan slim word. I do have a "Hollandse" Bible. I do understand when reading it. I am slowly learning French. But it is difficult.

[Dustyloup]

Beautiful bird, stunning on black of course!

[Valerie Chesney]

Super capture Sylvia...love the eye....our plovers look quite different, but, they are bold & noisy especially when they have young.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- he certainly is giving you the stare- who will blink first?

[eDorre]

Terrific shot!

[CC Folk]

Pretty bird. :)

[Fisher Family]

A delightful close-up of this attractive bird!

Ian

[Vesna]

Nice bird and good focusing.