“My” Female Kingfisher Is Back! I think I need to go to the grocery store more often. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher – My Elusive Lady I’ve been looking for this female Belted Kingfisher for weeks now. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher Throwing A Pellet I’ve been pretty lucky at documenting Belted Kingfishers casting pellets. Continue reading
A Belted Kingfisher Doing What Kingfishers Do Here’s some more action shots of the same Kingfisher I posted a few days ago. Continue reading
A Highly Entertaining Belted Kingfisher This kingfisher needs some practice with his fish-handling skills. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher – Some Poses And A Takeoff Series I had some luck with another Belted Kingfisher yesterday morning and this time it was a male. Continue reading
Belted Kingfishers And A Poorly Understood Example Of Sexual Dimorphism This female Belted Kingfisher continues to taunt me Continue reading
Deep-diving Kingfisher Shaking Mud Off Her Bill When kingfishers dive for fish in shallow ponds they run the risk of bottoming out. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher Revisited Belted Kingfishers have always been one my most difficult avian subjects because they’re so very difficult to approach. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher And A Question Of Preference As much as I try to avoid cloning elements out of my images it does tempt me occasionally. And in some cases doing so may not even be desirable. Continue reading
A Better Look At The Kingfisher’s Loach This is a look at the weather loach (fish) not seen in my previous posts of this bird. Continue reading
Kingfisher Never Losing Hunting Concentration During A Stretch Not even the need to stretch distracted this female kingfisher from her concentration on the pond in front of her. Continue reading
Another Kingfisher Session – This Time She Threw A Pellet Like most fish-eating birds, kingfishers don’t have a crop and their thin-walled gizzard is incapable of vigorous grinding. Continue reading
“My” Female Kingfisher Came Back Yesterday I’ve been looking for her most days this week but she seems to have certain requirements before she’ll show up. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher Stunning, Tossing And Swallowing Prey A few days ago this female kingfisher landed close to me with a meal so I was able to document the gritty details of the demise of the fish. Continue reading