Sitting on the Fence

I was doing a spot of gardening this morning when this female koel came to call.

I was lucky to capture this shot before she flew off as she was pretty nervous.

[Gosia]

Great capture.

[Annie D]

what a beauty - they are gorgeous birds - great shot Babs

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a gorgeous looking bird and you have captured her beautifully Babs -- fav

[Carole G]

Beautiful bird! what a great capture

[Ethel]

You were lucky to get such a good shot. fav

[Margo]

Wonderful capture fav

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Wow, what a great capture!

[Debbie]

What a fabulous capture. he/she has beautiful plumage.

[Paul]

Excellent capture. If I'd been gardening I'd have had to run in the house to grab my camera! It would have been gone by the time I got back 😕

[HelenM]

A stunning bird and spot on dof - the whole bird in focus

[Helen Sanderson]

My goodness what a great shot of a female keel...makes me realise that a lot of the kookaburra feathers I've found over the years....may not have been so!

[Denise Wood]

Love it's markings :) fav

[Chris K]

what a beautiful bird. you were lucky she sat still for you. did you have the spade in one hand and your camera in the other?

[Sue Cooper]

Wow! Wow! Wow! I've never seen a photo of this bird posted by any of you in Oz!! It's an amazing shot Babs. My list of birds to look for when we eventually make it there is getting longer. Fav.Fav.Fav.

[Peter]

Simply stunning feather detail and colour Babs unusual in birds the female Koel looks much more impressive than the male, an instant Fav:)

[leggzy]

Such beautiful colours & patterns

[sally agnew]

She is a stunner, love that speckled plumage :)

[Valerie Chesney]

A great capture & a very welcome visitor....

[Joanna kate]

Such a pretty bird, a fav

[Jodie]

Great capture Babs, I've never seen one of these before.

[Hazel]

Well caught! Nice balance in the shot.

[Cherrill]

wow! What an amazing bird. Never seen or heard of this. Do you know what sort of family it belongs to? Is it a bird of prey? Whatever it is quite stunning and well done you to get such a capture!

[gloria jones]

Fantastic capture, feather details

[Margo Sayer]

Splendid! I bet she made your day...as well as ours. Thank you!

[Helen]

What amazing feathers. Great shot

[Merrelyn]

She has beautiful markings. 😀

[ChristineL]

Amazing markings and such long tail feathers! Well captured.

[Lynda McG]

Lovely shot! Fav

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this beautiful bird. Thank you for the follow, we are following in return.

Ian

[Jennifer]

super capture, fav

[Joyce]

Lovely detailed shot Babs

[Margaret Brown]

Such a beautiful bird, lovely photo and well caught, fav.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Peter Day]

Wonder shot, well done

[Dawn]

What a stunner fav

[Pat Knowles]

A beautiful bird completely unknown to me. He looks very handsome sitting on that pretty shade of fence!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great capture

[Stephanie]

Beautiful bird, beautiful capture, fav!

[Diana Moss]

A wonderful opportunity to take this shot its a fav

[Islandgirl]

What a gorgeous bird, love the markings!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful capture FAV!

[Babs]

@paul10 It was quite a feat I can tell you. She was on the fence around the back of our house, so I didn't want to disturb her. I had to go out through the gate at that side of the house, in through the front door, pick up my camera and go out again through the study door. Luckily she hadn't moved.

[Babs]

@hrs Yes their tail feathers are the same as the kookaburras aren't they.

[Babs]

@susiemc @Cherrill @happypat @stephanies Thanks, they are cuckoo family and are quite naughty really because they leave their one egg in the nest of an unsuspecting bird and leave them to rear their offspring.
Koel's are migratory birds and appear about October time here in Australia and leave about March. http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Eudynamys-orientalis

[*lynn]

wonderful capture ... gorgeous bird, I've never seen anything like it! fav

[Kerri Michaels]

what a bird..fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

What an interesting looking bird and I really like his markings. Excellent shot.

[KWind]

What a beautiful bird... fabulous capture.

[Marnie]

Great shot Babs, very sharp.

[Kahsia]

Fantastic capture. Lucky you.

[Rachel]

Excellent shot, and a great sighting.

[Lee-Ann]

Stunning capture.

[Daryl O'Hare]

I have never seen one! Wow!!

[tony gig]

Amazing detailed shot...fav

[Sarah Munnings]

Wow! You must be thrilled with this.

[Leslie]

What a beautiful bird

[Jen Hudson]

Wow what a sight . Beautiful plumage. Fav. Well caught.

[belinda]

Great markings and detail, well captured

[Kathy A]

Great capture, I like the colours and design he's wearing

[Pam]

Super capture! Really nice photo!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Babs on your excellent capture making it to the Top Twenty! FAV!

[Babs]

@skipt07 Thanks so much. I rarely check out the TT, so didn't even knows it was on there. Fancy that.

[John Falconer]

Great birdshot. Congratulations.