Hanging on for dear life

and not knowing what is going on! Taken at the dam where dam-it is still very busy clearing out the reeds and water lilies.

This one seems to be slowly returning to its normal plumage and colour.

[Beverley]

Beautiful striking colour, pretty bird. I like the curl in the photo…

[Dorothy]

Gorgeous!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Oooh, what a beauty!

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Beryl Lloyd]

How delightful , such gorgeous colour and yes it seems to hanging on there ! fav

[Susan Wakely]

Fabulous shot and colour.

[Zilli~]

Tugs one’s heartstrings

[Lou Ann]

What a sweet image. Such a gorgeous bird.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderfully composed I love the dof

[narayani]

Gorgeous colour

[KV]

Beautiful composition.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

super capture

[Mags]

Aww! Cute capture!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely detail and dof.

[Lisa Brown]

Such beautiful details on this little guy

[Babs]

Gorgeous colour

[katy]

Such a beautiful bird and I love this behind the back pose

[Corinne C]

Great pic of this amazing bird. Fun title :-)

[Chris Cook]

Terrific shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love his colors. He looks like autumn. Beautiful capture.

[gloria jones]

Brilliant capture!

[haskar]

Beautiful bird and great shot.

[Heather]

A beautiful capture and composition, Diana! I love how the blade of grass curls above the sweet bird and I love how you used a shallow dof for this. The red bishop himself is so pretty, and your detail with his plumage is super! And yes, hang on, little one! fav

[Rob Z]

What a wonderful candid shot - he must be very concerned.

[Allison Maltese]

Beautiful color and a great storytelling image.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Carole Sandford]

What a gorgeous bird!

[George]

Unusual pose: beautiful plumage.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Wow, what a gorgeous color of orange!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

They are so colorful during mating- hard to see them return to that brown plumage.

[Rick]

Great capture.

[L. H.]

Thunderously spectacular!

[Diana]

@beverley365 @illinilass @aikiuser @joansmor @beryl @wakelys @zilli @louannwarren @365projectorgchristine @narayani @kvphoto @ziggy77 @marlboromaam @merrelyn @lisab514 @onewing @grammyn @corinnec @cdcook48 @mittens @seattlite @haskar @365projectorgheatherb @robz @falcon11 @elisasaeter @carole_sandford @gaf005 @ggshearron @olivetreeann @rickster549 @prettycheeses Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Krista Mae]

Love this

[leggzy]

Oh my, he is gorgeous! Wonderful capture to get him hanging on like this.

[Kathy A]

I like his little claw hanging on

[Issi Bannerman]

LOVE this.

[Jerzy]

And not letting go. Excellent shot of this colorful bird.