The longest tail

of all our birds, is this little fellow. He is ever so small and very fast, flying in an up-and-down movement.

Sitting on the vines on my neighbour's pergola.

[Dawn]

A nice shot

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot. The tail is so long.

[Issi Bannerman]

Magnificent shot!

[Chris Cook]

Terrific shot Diana

[Lesley]

Oh what a beauty!

[Babs]

Wow his tail is so long. I wonder if he has difficulty flying

[KoalaGardens🐨]

those tails get me every time!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a delightful little bird - but what a tail !

[Wylie]

great shot of that tail!

[Casablanca]

Wow!!

[Suzanne]

Great shot and stunning edit. Absolute favourite. So well done, Diana.

[Susan Wakely]

How lovely to see.

[Christine Louise]

Brilliant capture of a magnificent bird, you have such amazing birds

[Valerie Chesney]

My Gosh! Such a long tail.. a beautiful bird..

[Renee Salamon]

Fabulous capture - I wonder why he evolved like this

[Mags]

That really is a long tail and beautiful shot!

[Corinne C]

A beautiful small bird and what a long, elegant tail!

[Kathy A]

That tail is amazing.

[katy]

Magnificent capture of him with that entire tail in the frame! Beautiful clarity also Diana.

[Lou Ann]

What a fabulous capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Gorgeous bird and nicely presented

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Sweet. His tail is amazing.

[Bucktree]

Fabulous capture. Those tail feathers are amazing.

[Heather]

That's a great shot, Diana! You have framed the bird nicely between the branches and you have a nice shallow dof to show him off. And yes, that tail! Amazing! Fav

[Delwyn Barnett]

Wonderful capture. That sure is a very long tail, and I love the bright red dash of colour in his beak.

[gloria jones]

Those tail feathers are so elegant looking.

[Peter]

Such a wonderful looking bird well spotted and captured Diana:)

[Lisa Brown]

stunning

[Rick]

Super capture.

[Diana]

@Dawn @wh2021 @jamibann @cdcook48 @tinley23 @onewing @koalagardens @beryl @pusspup @casablanca @ankers70 @wakelys @365projectclmutlow @happysnaps @rensala @marlboromaam @corinnec @kjarn @grammyn @louannwarren @365projectorgchristine @mittens @dkellogg @365projectorgheatherb @dkbarnett @seattlite @pcoulson @lisab514 @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Paula Fontanini]

Wonderful capture, the twigs seem to perfectly frame the bird! What a beautiful & unusual bird, I would think it would be difficult to fly with that tail!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice

[Ann H. LeFevre]

They are quite the bird to look at. I keep wondering if that long a tail is really needed for balance or flight control- it's longer than the bird! Good shot!

[Diana]

@bluemoon @elisasaeter @olivetreeann Thanks so much, it is actually beautiful to watch him fly. In an up and down movement with the tail swaying in all directions. He only has the long black tail during breeding season :-)

[Jo Worboys]

Wow excellent capture I wonder if they actually like their long tail or spend all day trying not to get it caught on anything ?

[Vesna]

Amazing tail!