The Royal bird

wears a crown. It is my favourite big bird with that wonderful plumage and colours.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful capture. Fav.

[Kathy A]

I love these birds, they brought a smile to my face whenever I saw one on my visit to your country

[haskar]

Beautiful bird and capture. Only his eyes seems bored.

[Issi Bannerman]

Fabulous bird and an amazing shot!

[Yao RL]

What an amazing bird, quite envy your birds,

[Casablanca]

What a regal looking bird

[Maggiemae]

It's hard to believe he is real! Good to learn about, Diana!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Babs]

What a beauty I love the hairdo

[Suzanne]

And the scowly look!

[Susan Wakely]

Impressive looking.

[Zilli~]

Superb in full regalia

[Corinne C]

Elegant with a commanding attitude. You have the precise title!

[Paul J]

Marvelous photo!

[Kitty Hawke]

WOW....he is gorgeous.

[Peter]

Beautifully captured in wonderful detail and colour Diana, Fav:)

[Mags]

A beautiful bird and capture!

[Bucktree]

Fabulous capture of this beauty.

[katy]

I feel like you have posted one of these before. This is gorgeous both the bird and the photo.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Spectacular photo of this most beautiful bird

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He is wonderful looking.

[Granagringa]

I'm so impressed with the wonderful focus on all these shots.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wonderful shot of this spectacular-looking bird.

[Kathy Burzynski]

Really nice, This would be a great entry for July's monthly theme "animal(s)" If interested tag theme-july2024 Here is the link to view the challenge: https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/49484/july's-monthly-theme-animal(s)-vote-for-june's-6-top-finalists

[Renee Salamon]

Royalty indeed with that crown

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[gloria jones]

Wow...Fantastic capture of this exotic looking bird

[George]

Stunning plumage.

[Rob Z]

Fabulous shot of this amazing bird

[Carole Sandford]

Wonderful bird, nicely captured!

[Heather]

A great capture of this fascinating bird, Diana, with super clarity to show all the different textures of its plumage! Fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Awesome bird- he seems a little annoyed with the kingdom right now. Great shot.

[LManning (Laura)]

Looking a bit bored with you! Terrific capture.

[Allison Maltese]

A wonderful detailed portrait of this beautiful bird. You can see each breast feather.

[Diana]

@wh2021 @kjarn @haskar @jamibann @yaorenliu @casablanca @maggiemae @joansmor @onewing @ankers70 @wakelys @zilli @corinnec @pej76 @cutekitty @pcoulson @marlboromaam @dkellogg @grammyn @365projectorgchristine @mittens @granagringa @mccarth1 @myhrhelper @rensala @elisasaeter @seattlite @gaf005 @robz @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @ljmanning @falcon11 Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@grammyn All the birds and animals have been posted before Katy. The photos are all new though. I don't get to places except wineries and the beach for anything else.

I cannot walk anywhere in CT on my own, which means I am stuck here in the countryside ;-)

[Tia]

Fabulous bird with a great expression!

[katy]

Perhaps what I should have said was I remembered seeing one before from your post? I wasn’t sure where I had seen it because I knew I never saw anything like this here unless it was in a zoo.

How sad for you that you are unsafe like that

[Vesna]

Amazing bird.