Deborah Cummings, The Beauty of Preening (ANIMALS 2024)

The egrets had their breeding plumage. So when this bird was displaying his plumage I took the shot. I didn't know till I got home how beautiful this bird was and even though you cannot see his face it tells a story of the solitude and beauty of one bird preening.

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