kingfisher

Kingfisher’s, as the name implies, eat small fish…and they are very dynamic when on the hunt. They always dive head first into the water to catch their prey, and fortunately for a bird watcher, they are little chatterboxes…calling out often when they take flight. The bird in this image is a male. The females have … Read more

Out well before dawn, looking for eagles on the quickly thawing ice…but the baldies were uncooperative. Instead, I spent breakfast with a couple of Kingfishers. The light and the photographs were not very good, but the experience was grand. This male caught six fish in a row, diving not too far out in front of … Read more