Blue Crane preening,

this went on forever.

[Milanie]

Wow - what legs

[KoalaGardens🐨]

it's a very serious job after all 😊

[Elizabeth]

Caught this crane in an interesting pose!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful photo of the bird.

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful. So vain that crane!

[Maggiemae]

Preening is so important and a long neck helps!

[Margo]

great shot

[Lois]

At any angle a crane is beautiful!

[Casablanca]

Really nice shot

[Gosia]

Elegant

[Babs]

So elegant

[Rob Z]

He's a real contortionist. This is mad - but I had this insane desire to clone out his head!! LOL

[Susan Wakely]

There are some seriously long feathers to preen.

[Dione Giorgio]

Gorgeous shot. Beautiful bird. Never seen one not even at zoos that I have visited.

[Valerie Chesney]

Isn't this wonderful!

[Lou Ann]

Such a great capture!

[Mags]

Beautiful bird!

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ...

[narayani]

There’s a lot of feathers

[katy]

What a terrific close-up view. You did a great job of capturing the details!

[Doris J]

What a great picture

[Lynda McG]

Beautiful long legged bird!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture and I love how he is looking at you.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great post, this bird has such a beautiful long feathers.

[LManning (Laura)]

Great capture. Its head looks like it belongs to a different bird!

[Kitty Hawke]

Bizarre........looks very odd.....

[Bep]

Beautiful. Somehow this picture made me smile...

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture , a handsome bird.

[Judith Johnson]

Great picture. Sometimes it's a long wait fo them to be still enough for a photo!

[Jacqueline]

Lovely!

[LucyDolittle]

What a Beauty

[Poppo Livy]

Well there's a lot of him to preen

[sarah]

My neck hurts just thinking about this ...terrific shot

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of the nice pose of this beautiful bird.

[Sylvia]

You've captured these guys at such interesting and unique poses, fun to see them in action.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful!

[sheri]

Lovely lines.

[Frances Tackaberry]

Beautiful bird!

[Rick]

Neat looking bird. Great shot.

[Jane Pittenger]

Love those feathers

[Kerri Michaels]

great shot fav

[Diana]

@milaniet @koalagardens @redy4et @shutterbug49 @jamibann @maggiemae @777margo @loweygrace @casablanca @gosia @onewing @robz @wakelys @sangwann @happysnaps @louannwarren @marlboromaam @pdulis @narayani @grammyn @dorisj @lyndamcg @mittens @dutchothotmailcom @ljmanning @cutekitty @gijsje @bkbinthecity @craftymeg @busylady @jacqbb @lucycameron @terryliv @samae @pyrrhula @sprphotos @elisasaeter @radiogirl @sherimiya @frantackaberry @rickster549 @jgpittenger @moviegal1 Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[John Falconer]

Nice capture.

[summerfield]

they do take time when they preen. aces!

[Diana]

@johnfalconer @summerfield Thanks so much :-)

[Lisa Savill]

Sweet shot. I love the angle!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Well, there is a lot to keep clean, after all!