{"id":165459,"date":"2024-11-22T06:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=165459"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:43:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:43:32","slug":"belted-kingfisher-pooping-impressively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/22\/belted-kingfisher-pooping-impressively\/","title":{"rendered":"Belted Kingfisher Pooping Impressively"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the most impressive pooping performance I’ve ever seen from a bird. Plus, a report on the results of my recent cataract surgery.<\/p>\n

Late yesterday afternoon I decided to make a quick visit to the Jordan River with the intention of finding out how things looked in my viewfinder with my ‘new eye’. I didn’t expect to find much when it comes to photo subjects but all I really needed was something with feathers.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I was pleasantly surprised to find this female Belted Kingfisher. She wasn’t particularly close but she was in reasonably good light and she didn’t fly off when I approached.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When she cocked her tail like this I thought she might be about to take off after a fish, but instead she was about to get rid of what was left of a fish. Or ten of them.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Her tail-cocking was a preliminary to pooping.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And a very impressive poop it was. I did a second take when I realized how long it was when I got home and looked at this photo on my big screen. At first glance it may look like just another twig or branch on the tree, but it’s all poop.<\/p>\n

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It’s now been almost exactly four days since I had cataract surgery on my right eye early Monday morning. I figure some of my readers might be curious about my results so following are some of my observations regarding any changes in my vision after surgery.<\/p>\n