It looks so peaceful

but it was rather windy. This bird was battling to take off and me with my camera.

[Issi Bannerman]

Super capture of this bird fighting the elements!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Ooh, so many of them. Great capture.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super capture fav!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Shutterbug]

Nice capture of the struggling take off.

[Mags]

What a wonderful capture!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautiful

[Allison Maltese]

That looks like quite the gathering place for your water birds.

[Susan Wakely]

Looks a bit precarious.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

gorgeous

[Carole Sandford]

Nice capture!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Nice shot !

[Peter]

Nicely captured Diana:)

[Rob Z]

Such a different shot - so natural looking.

[Bucktree]

Nice action capture.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Heather]

I love your capture, Diana, of the bird trying to take off with its wings and plumage outspread and all billowy! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

They look like airplanes lined up to take off on the runway! Good catch!

[Corinne C]

A fun capture of this landing

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Kathy A]

Nice shot of the gang

[Diana]

@jamibann @mittens @ziggy77 @photographycrazy @shutterbug49 @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @falcon11 @wakelys @koalagardens @carole_sandford @beryl @pcoulson @robz @dkellogg @elisasaeter @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @corinnec @rickster549 @kjarn Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Tia]

Lovely peaceful shot of a watering hole! You’d never guess it was windy!

[haskar]

Beautiful capture.