{"id":42094,"date":"2016-09-11T05:13:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T11:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=42094"},"modified":"2016-09-11T05:13:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T11:13:52","slug":"deep-diving-kingfisher-shaking-mud-off-her-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/11\/deep-diving-kingfisher-shaking-mud-off-her-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-diving Kingfisher Shaking Mud Off Her Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

When kingfishers dive for fish in shallow ponds they run the risk of bottoming out.<\/p>\n

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That’s apparently what happened to this female Belted Kingfisher I photographed at a local pond this past spring. She dived for fish repeatedly (and was often successful) but this time when she returned to her perch all she had to show for her efforts was mud on the end of her bill. After feeding on a fish I saw her clean her bill several times by swiping it across the branch she was perched on but apparently that technique doesn’t work so well for mud so she…<\/p>\n

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violently shook her head instead. That made water and mud go flying…<\/p>\n

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and she ended up with a squeaky-clean bill again.<\/p>\n

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A few seconds later she turned on her perch and\u00a0flew off to fish from a different branch.<\/p>\n

This was the most cooperative kingfisher I’ve ever photographed. I had three extended sessions with her over several days before she presumably became involved in nesting activities and after that I\u00a0rarely saw her and only from a distance.<\/p>\n

It was great fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

PS – We’re having “technical problems” with our blogs this morning. Readers may or may not notice it on your end…<\/em><\/p>\n

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When kingfishers dive for fish in shallow ponds they run the risk of bottoming out.<\/p>\n

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