Are we soon going to look like her?

I do apologize for the poor quality as they were too far away and I had the wrong settings and had to do a heavy crop.

I was actually on the lookout for kingfishers when I spotted these bishops in the moult and slowly getting back to normal.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Well spotted and captured.

[Susan Wakely]

Great capture.

[Bucktree]

Great capture and comparison.

[Lesley]

Wow!

[Linda Godwin]

Very nice shot! How colorful the adults are,fantastic capture

[Shutterbug]

Terrific comp. I love the title also.

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot

[Beverley]

Awesome

[Olwynne]

Lovely capture

[Cordiander]

Great, these color!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha ! lovely capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

that is so lovely regardless

[Milanie]

They're gorgeous

[gloria jones]

Great capture of these beautiful birds

[Dawn]

Lovely image of these colourful birds

[Rob Z]

It's still a very nice image - they are so colourful

[Michelle]

Beautiful birds

[Mags]

Wow! Aren't they lovely?!!

[Heather]

A beautiful shot nonetheless, Diana! (and a fun title!) Fav

[katy]

I thinbk it is a great shot and wonderful to see them transforming like this

[Corinne C]

They are incredible birds!

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful birds!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful capture

[LManning (Laura)]

Lovely shot.

[Paula Fontanini]

These birds are so amazing...you must be able to see them from a great distance with that vivid color. It's a beautiful photo Diana!

[Rick]

Looks like it turned out very well. Great capture.

[Diana]

@mittens @wakelys @dkellogg @tinley23 @rontu @shutterbug49 @joansmor @beverley365 @ollyfran @cordulaamann @beryl @koalagardens @milaniet @seattlite @Dawn @robz @bigmxx @marlboromaam @365projectorgheatherb @grammyn @corinnec @carole_sandford @365projectorgchristine @ljmanning @bluemoon @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

How wonderful to see all stages at once

[Issi Bannerman]

Fabulous caption and image. The boys definitely look quite disenchanted at the prospect of turning brown again!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Allison Maltese]

It still tells the story very well!

[Junan Heath]

Wonderful capture!

[Diana]

@kjarn @jamibann @photographycrazy @falcon11 @paintdipper Thanks so much, I really appreciate it :-)

[Dorothy]

Such beautiful birds, I’ve never heard of them before.
I just looked them up! Such bright plumage!
I so enjoy seeing your part of the world. Thank you.