A mother and her chick

sitting in a tree next to our wall. Probably the noisiest and most annoying birds in Africa!

They are all over the place and leave their mess on driveways and paths. It looks like a huge fried egg ;-)

[Allison Maltese]

Still, you have captured a very sweet moment between the mother and chick. Focus is nice and sharp.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Nice shot, took me time to find the chick.!

[Ian George]

Beautifully captured.

[Susan Wakely]

A great capture.

[Peter]

Beautifully captured in lovely detail Diana:)

[Beverley]

Oh wow…. Loooove this

[Cordiander]

Oh no, like our pigeons. It's a pretty bird with his chik.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great capture! poor things, they had a place in their ecosystem which has been totally change by humans - those beaks are amazing!

[Bucktree]

Sweet capture.

[Dawn]

A nice capture

[Mags]

Beautiful shot!

[katy]

I have never heard of this bird before, but your photo of it shows some incredible details. It is a little difficult to tell what size it is.

[Shutterbug]

It looks large and I like that bright red part on her beak. Love that you captured the chick as well.

[Olwynne]

Wonderful capture. Very well spotted

[Heather]

What an amazing capture, Diana! I love that the chick's head is tilted upward and resting on the mother's breast! Fav!

[Rob Z]

It looks like they'll be there for a while. It's an interesting looking thing - maybe a bit like an ibis...

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[narayani]

Nice shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot- hopefully you'll only have one to deal with. The waste reminds me of the mess Canada Geese leave when they take over a field or lawn- yuck!

[Carole Sandford]

Super capture of this noisy neighbour!

[Christine Sztukowski]

WOW I enlarged the photo and just cropped the baby and mom. I love how the baby is looking at his mama

[Corinne C]

What a great shot!

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture.

[Joy's Focus]

Awwww. Wonderful image!

[gloria jones]

Cool capture

[LManning (Laura)]

Lovely capture of a tender moment. That beak is impressive!

[Paula Fontanini]

LOL! I had to laugh at your description but nothing funny about your image...it's wonderful!! :)

[Rick]

Didn't see the chick at first. Great shot. Sorry for the mess.

[Diana]

@falcon11 @photographycrazy @beryl @nodrognai @wakelys @pcoulson @beverley365 @cordulaamann @koalagardens @dkellogg @Dawn @marlboromaam @grammyn @shutterbug49 @ollyfran @365projectorgheatherb @robz @joansmor @narayani @olivetreeann @carole_sandford @365projectorgchristine @corinnec @wh2021 @joysfocus @seattlite @ljmanning @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@grammyn @shutterbug49 @olivetreeann It is a very large bird, a kind of Ibis. :-)

Ann the mess on our windows and wall is worse! The nest is quite high in the tree and as we always have wind, it all lands on our side of the house! More than just yuck ;-)

[Kathy A]

I've never heard of this bird, Google tells me it's an African Ibis. I like the pop of red on its beak.

[Christina]

Wonderful shot