This chap flew past me and landed on a Cattail reed stem to have a look in to the water below
Jan 24, 2018 06:35 | #1 This chap flew past me and landed on a Cattail reed stem to have a look in to the water below
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Trik Goldmember  More info | Jan 24, 2018 17:15 | #2 Cor, that's nice, Alan, but I think your chap might be a chappess - is that red I see on the lower mandible?
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KeBul Senior Member  More info | Jan 24, 2018 17:20 | #3 Sweet capture Alan,
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peterr Member 30 posts Likes: 3 Joined Apr 2009 Location: Norwich More info | Jan 27, 2018 16:23 | #4 Lovely image.
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TomReichner "That's what I do."  17,636 posts Gallery: 213 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 8386 Joined Dec 2008 Location: from Pennsylvania, USA, now in Washington state, USA, road trip back and forth a lot More info | Jan 30, 2018 16:22 | #5 Alan B wrote in post #18547885  This chap flew past me and landed on a Cattail reed stem to have a look in to the water below Trik wrote in post #18548282 Cor, that's nice, Alan, but I think your chap might be a chappess - is that red I see on the lower mandible? Alan B, "Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
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KeBul Senior Member More info | Feb 01, 2018 04:46 | #6 Tom Reichner wrote in post #18552785 I would like to know if this really is a chap, or is it a female? . Trik is correct in that an orange lower mandible is diagnostic of female, but I still think this is a male.
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TomReichner "That's what I do." 17,636 posts Gallery: 213 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 8386 Joined Dec 2008 Location: from Pennsylvania, USA, now in Washington state, USA, road trip back and forth a lot More info | . "Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
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rusty01 Senior Member  More info | Apr 02, 2018 04:32 | #8 KeBul wrote in post #18553899 Trik is correct in that an orange lower mandible is diagnostic of female, but I still think this is a male. Females lower mandible have much more orange on the mandible than this shot shows, but I cannot find any information on transition from the all black beak of a juvenile, so it could be a young female just developing the orange in its bill - I'm not sure, would maybe need to see the colour of the breast and feet. I have followed a mating pair and the male of the pair had a similar faint orange patch like Alan's bird. Kev I'm no expert on Kingfishers, but my guess is a juvenile female ?
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CaptBob Cream of the Crop  More info | Apr 02, 2018 04:55 | #9 a really good one- well done Alan canon R3, 1DXmk2, 600 F4 L IS mk2,100-400 L IS mk2, 16-35 F4 L IS, 24-105 F4L, canon 1.4xmk3, 2xmk3
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