1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nWhen he began to turn on the perch to face away from me I got lucky again with this single shot with his tail held high enough that it wasn’t partially obstructed by the perch. The tail partly\u00a0hidden behind the perch wouldn’t be a\u00a0huge deal but I prefer to see the entire bird.<\/p>\n
There was some real excitement when an accipiter (probably a Cooper’s Hawk but it could have been a Sharp-shinned) swooped in and the kingfisher raised holy hell about it.\u00a0Man he was loud! I just caught the action out of the corner of my eye and it was so fast and furious I couldn’t tell for sure who was chasing who but I had the definite impression that the kingfisher was the aggressor. He stayed and the hawk vamoosed.<\/p>\n
An\u00a0interesting twist on the more typical scenario.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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