{"id":98981,"date":"2021-06-06T05:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=98981"},"modified":"2021-06-06T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:00:13","slug":"random-events-in-the-life-of-a-kingfisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/06\/random-events-in-the-life-of-a-kingfisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Events In The Life Of A Kingfisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five days ago I spent about 40 minutes with a male Belted Kingfisher who even cooperated occasionally. These are some of the events I photographed that morning.<\/p>\n

Today’s post is longer on photos than it is on words. Sometimes I’m just too verbose.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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>\n

A wing and tail stretch followed by a…<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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>\n

vertical wing stretch. I know, it looks like he’s swallowing a twig and pooping a stick.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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>\n

A dive on a fish.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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>\n

Another dive on a fish, this one without using his wings for the moment.<\/p>\n

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Eventually he caught a fish. It’s small but he seemed proud of it.<\/p>\n

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Here the fish is a little easier to see.<\/p>\n

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Down the hatch.<\/p>\n

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Even kingfishers…<\/p>\n

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have to poop once in a while.<\/p>\n

For many years I considered Belted Kingfishers to be one of my primary nemesis species. I had a few photos of them but nearly all were taken from a distance and few if any were very good. Then perhaps four years ago, for some unknown reason, my fortunes with them changed dramatically for the better.<\/p>\n

I can’t explain it but but I’ll take it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Five days ago I spent about 40 minutes with a male Belted Kingfisher who even cooperated occasionally. These are some of the events I photographed that morning.<\/p>\n

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