Collared Kingfisher

Wow what a gorgeous set and a really beautiful bird! Where ere these captured?

butterfly2937 wrote in post #17093028
Wow what a gorgeous set and a really beautiful bird! Where ere these captured?

these were captured in Singapore busy little guys, they were hunting non stop for about 3-4 hours. Managed to get some shots of them bringing food to the nest but do not see any chicks yet.

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Very nice. Either that is a very small bird, or his meals are very large!

Nice set.

thanks guys!

the bird is pretty small and I am surprised at the choice of the size of meals it kept bringing. The irony of it all is that fish was not on the menu, it was either centipedes, praying mantises or huge grasshoppers.



cheers!

Very nice, Gene.

ardeekay wrote in post #17096385
Very nice, Gene.

thanks Rog,

a couple more from today and I saw the juvenile fledge. must have missed out on the juvenile the last time I visited last week.

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Very interesting shots of a beautiful bird. Our belted kingfishers are cavity nesters too and are supposed to excavate a tunnel into a bank. But with our clay, shallow soils over bedrock, I wonder how they do it and I wonder if they might not sometimes use tree cavities as do yours.
Al

!st shot is great, yeah, the last 3 are a tad gray but good eye and reactions.