A first for me

although we have these darters here on our estate, I have never seen any chicks.

Just look at that little head at the bottom, there seem to be three chicks all different sizes.

Cropped in gigapixel as it was too far away.

[Casablanca]

How utterly delightful

[Michelle]

Aww these are so cute!

[Brian]

Astounding capture. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Elisa Smith]

Love the three little heads. Darters have the best feathers.

[Josie Gilbert]

Lovely shot, especially with the chicks.

[Susan Wakely]

Such a great capture.

[Valerie Chesney]

How absolutely delightful............

[Peter]

Well spotted, great timing and lovely detail Diana, Fav:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a lovely shot , so cute

[Babs]

What a great shot

[Dione Giorgio]

Stunning image and clarity. Fav.

[Wylie]

a terrific moment.

[Dianne]

Wow - a great image.

[Lou Ann]

A lovely family portrait.

[Paul J]

Very nice long range shot of this bird family

[Mags]

How very beautiful!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Aww, such sweetness

[Bucktree]

Super capture.

[Cordiander]

How fluffy white they are. Very sweet :)

[Corinne C]

Such an amazing capture!

[katy]

Perfect timing! They don’t look all that little to me! I predict this one on the TT this week

[Zilli]

Awesome capture

[Junko Y]

How fantastic!!

[winghong_ho]

Great capture. Fav.

[Merrelyn]

A lovely sight.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Chris Cook]

Quite wonderful.

[Peter Dulis]

sweet

[Dorothy]

Truly an amazing capture! I want to touch the fussy baby.

[gloria jones]

Outstanding capture

[KV]

Awesome!

[vaidas]

Interesting

[Korcsog Károly]

I hope they can raise all three chicks. Excellent shot!

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful capture

[Junan Heath]

Sweet shot!

[Jerzy]

I would have missed the tiny guy at the bottom if you didn't mention it. Great capture.

[Rob Z]

What a remarkable image. The adult bird has such incredible plumage and to see it in this situation os just wonderful

[Kate]

Fabulous

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture.

[*lynn]

amazing!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh wow how thrilling!

[Heather]

Wow! Your timing is perfect, Diana! This shot is just amazing! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- that's a full nest alright!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[George]

Wonderful!

[Allison Maltese]

A really fabulous nature capture. Wonderful detail, no matter how you achieved it.

[Shutterbug]

Nice. It still has terrific resolution on my screen. Terrific that you get this opportunity to take this wonderful shots.

[Jane Pittenger]

Awww

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Diana]

@casablanca @bigmxx @briaan @joansmor @nannasgotitgoingon @josiegilbert @wakelys @happysnaps @pcoulson @beryl @onewing @sangwann @pusspup @dide @louannwarren @pej76 @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @dkellogg @cordulaamann @corinnec @grammyn @zilli @jyokota @wh2021 @merrelyn @mittens @cdcook48 @pdulis @illinilass @seattlite @kvphoto @vaidasguogis @kork @craftymeg @paintdipper @jerzyfotos @robz @k9photo @carole_sandford @lynnz @koalagardens @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @elisasaeter @gaf005 @falcon11 @shutterbug49 @jgpittenger @rickster549 Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Lois]

Stunning capture!! So beautiful!

[haskar]

What a scene! Amazing capture.

[Kathy A]

It will be fun watching them growing

[Renee Salamon]

Outstanding capture - and they are such cute chicks

[Diana]

@loweygrace @haskar @kjarn @rensala Many thanks :-)

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[katy]

I think I already said this was going to the TT Diana.

[Taffy]

Wow, wow, wow! What a terrific image!!