Capercaillee

Another one from Bavaria - this is a male capercaillie and I think he quite fancied his keeper as he kept following him about. There was a female with him but he didn't seem interested in her - poor thing! They really are funny birds and I had never seen them before. I still haven't had time to go through all my photos so I might be posting Bavarian shots for a while.

Thanks for all your kind comments and Favs and for getting baby robin on PP

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great capture of this wonderful bird Rosie--I thought you could not have met him on Wood Lane !!

[Joan Robillard]

Cool bird. How wonderful for you.

[Martin]

Very nice capture.

[Pam]

I love his tail feathers. Especially the two white ones peeking out in the back. Really cool looking bird. Great shot.

[sally agnew]

What a great looking bird, have never heard of them, thank you for sharing Rosie. Fav :)

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Eve Pulsater]

Fab shot. There is a German beer called Hasseröder which features a Capercaillie on the label

[Lyn Berriman]

Amazing!

[Yeshanghai]

So adorable

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot. He is so cool looking.

[gloria jones]

Great shot

[Susan]

Great shot, Rosie!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

I've never seen one before, love the red markings above the eyes. FAV.

[Judith Greenwood]

I like a bird with attitude

[Pat Knowles]

An amazing fat but neat bird........look at his chest & lovely orange eyebrows! I like him!

[Sarah Munnings]

what a quirky looking bird, love the orange indicators

[Christine]

Good capture

[Paula W]

What an unusual looking bird, he looks a very serious chap.

[Sheralee S]

Love the fanning of the tail.

[Tom]

Lovely sharp focus and detail

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful capture! Love that fanned tail!

[Shirley Banford]

Beautiful shot.

[Helen]

Super shot

[Diana Moss]

Great capture