Butch - Close Up

I had no intention of posting a pic of a butcher bird today but our resident male bird was on one of the chairs outside and I nearly sat on it. Since I had the camera in hand and I haven't posted a pic of them for a while, I thought why not. Besides, I have been showing all those "Do Not Like" birds recently so we needed a good guy for a change.
SOOC - No Crop. I was about 30cm from him and he just sat there. Aint he beautiful? Best viewed on black

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic shot. The birds around you are a lot more tame than the ones around here,.

[Babs]

He is absolutely gorgeous. With the way you feed half the birds in your neighbourhood no wonder he let you get so close. Hope he was rewarded. Fantastic focus.

[Sam]

Magnificent Poppo!

[Sheralee S]

Lovely close up, look at that little hook on his beak, I hadn't noticed they had that.

[Poppo Livy]

@bella_ss Ahh yes. One of their trademarks

[Emilie Cartoun]

WOnderful :)

[Anne Pancella]

Great close-up, but what turned the background orange?

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wow that's a cooperative bird! Great shot.

[sally agnew]

Nice capture Poppo :-)

[Milanie]

He is most definitely a beauty - especially enlarged. Amazing detail and a real feel for this lovely bird.

[Shirley Banford]

Great detail on this Poppo.

[Tony]

Awesome close-up, like the hook on the beak.

[Susan C Clow]

Great, lovely, sharp close up. Nice job. FAV

[Christine]

Oh, what a beautiful close-up, such a cute little face and love the twinkle in the eye.

[Ron]

I did as you suggested - very nice! Great catchlight in the eyeball.

[Rick Schies]

Hi there

[Martin Jalkotzy]

Wow, great portrait!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

How striking he looks when viewed on black. I'm so envious of how close you can get to the "wildlife" in your backyard.

[Islandgirl]

Looks gorgeous on black................... love the detail.