Stripping a thread

for nest building. Susan @wakelys had it right! Fascinating to watch them do this and fly off with a long strip, just to come back and repeat.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

This is SUCH a beautiful bird! How lovely to observe its nest building activities. Wonderful!

[Susan Klassen]

Such a pretty bird. So nice to see the nest building in process.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture. He is talented. Fav.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I love how you caught this part of the process!

[Kathy A]

Oh, he was biting the leaf and not his claw! Great capture

[Marloes]

How beautiful!

[Tia]

Super capture of this beautiful bird.

[Rob Z]

What an incredible image - catching him actually creating his building fibre!

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely

[Casablanca]

clever thing

[gloria jones]

Neat close up

[Christine Sztukowski]

Excellent closeup

[Lou Ann]

Oh my, a great capture. So crystal clear!

[Babs]

Looks like hard work

[narayani]

Beautiful capture

[Ann H. LeFevre]

And to think they do it all without hands!

[Mags]

Great timing and shot!

[katy]

Terrific close-up and timing for this photo

[Zilli~]

Masterful

[Merrelyn]

Lovely close up.

[LManning (Laura)]

Amazing behaviour you’ve captured.

[haskar]

Great timing and scene.

[Carole Sandford]

Super capture!

[Corinne C]

Amazing. What a smart bird! So that’s what he was doing on the earlier pic!

[Peter]

Colourful bird beautifully captured Diana:)

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice

[Jo Worboys]

What a richly colourful bird Diana, we don't get them here

[George]

Great capture.

[Heather]

Perfect timing for this capture, Diana! So pretty too! (and thank you for the answer :-) Fav

[Paula Fontanini]

Perfectly composed and the color and detail is exquisite!

[Diana]

@aikiuser @dailypix @wh2021 @koalagardens @kjarn @stimuloog @tiaj1402 @robz @wakelys @casablanca @seattlite @365projectorgchristine @louannwarren @onewing @narayani @olivetreeann @marlboromaam @grammyn @zilli @merrelyn @ljmanning @haskar @carole_sandford @corinnec @pcoulson @elisasaeter @365projectorgjoworboys @gaf005 @365projectorgheatherb @bluemoon Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@corinnec He bit into the reed Corinne, he had to loosen a strip that he could pull down :-)

[leggzy]

Wow, such clever little birds. I though it must have been something to do with nesting. Beautiful capture of this little guy in action!