Be still my beating heart

I was so excited as I have never seen a Malachite Kingfisher before.

As I walked past the dam, I thought it was some kind of flower hanging on the reeds. When I got closer I saw that it was not, and my heart skipped a beat!

It was just staring in the water and I could get a few shots.

[Desi]

Oh wow. What a stunning photo of this gorgeous little bird

[JackieR]

Fabulous capture

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Suzanne]

Wow! How wonderful! And captured so beautifully.

[Susan Wakely]

Fabulous to see.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful capture Diana... so pleased for you to be able to share this beauty with us.

[narayani]

Fabulous capture

[Kitty Hawke]

Beautiful little bird.....such colour.

[Casablanca]

Fabulous! A big big treat for you and a great shot too

[katy]

FAV what a beautiful colorful little bird and a magnificent shot of it Diana

[Mags]

Wonderful!

[Beryl Lloyd]

How wonderful ! fav

[Linda Godwin]

Wonderful How exciting!!

[Steve Chappell]

Awesome to see something new, and a fantastic capture of it

[gloria jones]

Perfect focus, dof

[Milanie]

Wow - what a wonderful surprise and super shot

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh wow isn't it gorgeous!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Amazingly gorgeous!! fav

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Fav! What a beautiful bird!

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Wonderful and such luck for you. Thanks for sharing it so we can all see its beauty.

[LManning (Laura)]

Wow! What a great capture. Very happy for you!

[Carole Sandford]

How wonderful!

[Heather]

What a special sighting, Diana! And this is gorgeous shot, too! Fav

[Taffy]

Fabulous capture!!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[winghong_ho]

Great capture. You must be very fast changing the camera setting for birds.

[George]

Superb capture - well done!

[Joy's Focus]

Wow, what a beauty!

[Diana]

@seacreature @30pics4jackiesdiamond @bkbinthecity @ankers70 @wakelys @happysnaps @narayani @cutekitty @casablanca @grammyn @marlboromaam @beryl @rontu @swchappell @seattlite @milaniet @koalagardens @olivetreeann @kchuk @theredcamera @ljmanning @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @taffy @elisasaeter @wh2021 @gaf005 @joysfocus Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@wh2021 I had just finished shooting the sacret ibis fortunately :-)

[Kathy A]

Wow, such a gorgeous bird!

[Allison Maltese]

Lucky you, and you took a beautiful shot of it. Nice light, color and composition.

[katy]

No surprise to see it on the TT

[Richard Brown]

Great to see two kingfishers in the TT

[Diana]

@kjarn @falcon11 @grammyn @rjb71 Thanks so much, I am always so chuffed and excited :-)

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Diana]

@vesna0210 Thanks Vesna :-)

[CC Folk]

Fab! Congrats!