Monteiro's Hornbill

a species native to the dry woodlands of southwestern Africa. A pity it was hiding it's lovely long tale behind the container.

I had to interrupt my downloading and comments for three and a half hours due to loadshedding which has started here again :-(

[Joan Robillard]

WOnderful capture

[Sharon Lee]

What a great beak

[Pam]

Amazing bird. I love its patterns, and colorful beak. I am sorry about your electricity!

[narayani]

Funky looking bird

[Kathy A]

Such a fabulously interesting looking bird

[moni kozi]

Never seen this before

[Esther Rosenberg]

Never seen this one, what a cool beak he has!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful bird and great capture.

[Lou Ann]

He is such a beautiful bird! Our part of Texas is growing so fast (number 2 in the nation behind Sarasota, Florida) I’m sure we are going to have power problems when everyone starts running their air conditioners this summer.

[Susan Wakely]

An impressive beak.

[katy]

Terrific photo of this unusual looking bird. I’m so sorry to hear about your load shedding troubles

[Mags]

What a cool bird and capture!

[Merrelyn]

It has beautiful markings and that beak...

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He is so cute. Great capture.

[Granagringa]

such great focus!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha ! cute in an ugly sort of way !!

[Carole Sandford]

What a fantastic looking bird! The electricity thing must be so tedious!

[tony gig]

Beautiful...

[Allison Maltese]

A beautiful shot nonetheless with very nice light. I think it is rather noble looking, myself.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[George]

What an intriguingly beautiful bird.

[Jane Pittenger]

What an unusual bird

[LManning (Laura)]

Great capture.

[Bill]

What a cool bird. Really nice crisp shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That must be so frustrating for you! And even though his tail is hiding, this still a good shot!

[Rick]

Neat looking bird. Never seen one like that before. Great shot.

[Carolinesdreams]

Wow! Great shot.

[Diana]

@joansmor @sugarmuser @pamalama @narayani @kjarn @monikozi @dutchothotmailcom @wh2021 @louannwarren @wakelys @grammyn @marlboromaam @merrelyn @mittens @granagringa @beryl @carole_sandford @tonygig @falcon11 @elisasaeter @gaf005 @jgpittenger @ljmanning @cwbill @olivetreeann @rickster549 @carolinesdreams Thanks for the lovely comments, favs and getting it on the tp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Heather]

A great shot with such a sharp focus. And I really like the light shining through its red beak. Fav

[Vesna]

Beautiful.