Not a happy bird and all puffed up

while watching his home being destroyed! He became quite vocal and looked rather depressed. I went to the dam every day to see what was going on.

Fortunately when they saw some nests, they left them there for the time being. I wonder what I will find this afternoon.

[Issi Bannerman]

What a beautiful capture of this fluffed out little fellow!

[Wylie]

He's a beautiful boy and its a lovely shot! I hope his home is OK.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

sensational - those stark colours are amazing aren't they?

[Beverley]

Lovely capture of this beauty… maybe they don’t realise their destroying the birds habitat.

[narayani]

They should have left them all! 😕

[Christine Sztukowski]

Poor thing

[Susan Wakely]

Curious to know what is happening.

[Mags]

Very sad.

[katy]

This is a fabulous composition for this shot. It must be terribly distressing to go to all that work and see it destroyed

[Zilli~]

Great capture

[Peter]

Nicely captured in lovely colours Diana:)

[gloria jones]

Those feather colors are so wonderful.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute capture.

[Heather]

Oh dear! That must have been so distressing for him! Your capture is amazing, Diana, with his plumage all puffed out! Fav

[haskar]

Beautifully bloated but that's all he can do. It must be very sad to watch this devastation.

[Jerzy]

Very interesting that he puffs out like that when threatened. Beautiful bird and capture.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Carole Sandford]

Super image.

[Diana]

@jamibann @pusspup @koalagardens @beverley365 @narayani @365projectorgchristine @wakelys @marlboromaam @grammyn @zilli @pcoulson @seattlite @mittens @365projectorgheatherb @haskar @jerzyfotos @elisasaeter @carole_sandford Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@wakelys @grammyn @haskar It is indeed very sad to see. I took some pics of the last one sitting close to the nest and felt like crying. They are all gone now!

I hope they are at one of the other dams that were cleared last autumn. The only ones surviving this are the coots and their chicks, as they can move around.

I have not had time to look or edit any, it will have to wait til the family is gone next week ;-)

[Chris Cook]

He is very colourful. Sad that his nest is being destroyed.

[leggzy]

Oh that is sad that their nests have been destroyed :(
He is a gorgeous little chap all puffed up like that!