I could not resist

posting this as it was as grey as our weather today! Taken last week at Intaka and a first for me.

I think it is a juvenile black headed heron. It sat on a rock just flapping around and suddenly too off!

It was quite far away and awfully windy, as usual I was much too slow.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful. Fav.

[Maggiemae]

Focus and original colour - just perfect! fav

[Casablanca]

Lovely pre take off shot

[Christina]

Stunning

[gloria jones]

Stellar timing and capture

[Susan Wakely]

A great capture and loving the legs.

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[Beryl Lloyd]

A stunning moment before take off ! fabulous and a fav

[narayani]

Great capture

[Zilli~]

Beautiful

[Babs]

What a stunning shot fav

[Lou Ann]

You weren’t too slow at all. This is a wonderful capture! I apologize if I have asked before, what camera do you use? You take such great photos.

[katy]

I think you are too hard on yourself! This is perfect and definitely shows how he is one second before taking off from that rock. Excellent timing, Diana. FAV

[Bucktree]

Excellent capture and composition. Fun to watch a bird do its preflight checklist before taking off.

[Desi]

Wow incredible photo. Yes our weather up here on the West Coast is also cold, and grey, and windy

[Merrelyn]

He's a beauty.

[Mags]

A wonderful capture!

[Kathy A]

Great shot. I like the green on his legs and beak

[Christine Sztukowski]

Perfect timing of this beautiful sweet bird

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture! Wonderful bird to photograph!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Chris Jordan]

Beautiful shot Diana! Love the subtle two colors of gray and green.

[Corinne C]

Awesome capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[Carole Sandford]

That’s an amazing capture!

[Heather]

I think this is a super shot, Diana- just before it takes off! Those wings are all set to go! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like the pose you caught him in- the anticipation of take-off!

[Jerzy]

Beautiful bird well captured.

[Rick]

Great shot. Sort of looks like our Yellow Crown Night Heron.

[Valerie Chesney]

An absolute beauty...wonderful detail!..Fav..

[Diana]

@wh2021 @maggiemae @casablanca @christinav @seattlite @wakelys @joansmor @beryl @narayani @zilli @onewing @louannwarren @grammyn @dkellogg @seacreature @merrelyn @marlboromaam @kjarn @365projectorgchristine @photographycrazy @mittens @lifeisfullofpictures @corinnec @elisasaeter @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @jerzyfotos @rickster549 @happysnaps Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@louannwarren I would have loved to get one decent shot of the take off Lou Ann! I used a Canon D80 (which is a pretty old model) with a 70-300mm lens :-)

[Renee Salamon]

Wow, this could be a painting

[Peter]

Stunning feather detail and capture Diana, Fav:)

[haskar]

Stunning capture.

[Steve Chappell]

Awesome capture

[Vesna]

Superb photo

[Islandgirl]

What a great shot!

[Wendy]

the green tones are a splash of sunshine on a dreary day. Stunning image. fav.

[katy]

Glad to see this one went all the way to the TT

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Peter Dulis]

lovely - congrats on TT

[Taffy]

Awesome - congrats on TT!