Kingfishers - Post Yours!

[Jack Dawe]

Stork-billed Kingfisher

 

[Jack Dawe]

White-breasted Kingfisher

 

[Darren75]

These are great. I hope that beak isn’t as heavy as it looks!

 

[Jack Dawe]

These are great. I hope that beak isn’t as heavy as it looks!

Probably not. Bird beaks are made of keratin, the same stuff as our fingernails. Then again, if our fingernails were proportionately as large, maybe we'd notice a difference!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Collared Kingfisher

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

 

[JohnPD]

Collared Kingfisher
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What a striking looking bird. And a great image!

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Such a different looking kingfisher. Also very handsome. And you got one in flight! To me that is amazing.

 

[Jack Dawe]

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I love Belted Kingfishers!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Pied Kingfisher.

 

[Darren75]

Five species of Kingfisher already in this thread. How many different kinds of kingfishers are there?!

 

[pcs]

Five species of Kingfisher already in this thread. How many different kinds of kingfishers are there?!

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfisher there are 118.
I've not even managed to take a decent shot of the one type we have here.

 

[Jack Dawe]

I've not even managed to take a decent shot of the one type we have here.

Me neither! Common Kingfisher requires careful planning, lots of patience and, preferably, a hide. They're very shy things.

 

[Darren75]

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfisher there are 118.

I've not even managed to take a decent shot of the one type we have here.

I doubt it, having seen some of your other work.

Me neither! Common Kingfisher requires careful planning, lots of patience and, preferably, a hide. They're very shy things.

But but but, what about the kingfishers you posted in this thread? Aren't you a bit hard on yourself maybe?

Although I don't doubt that they're shy birds.

 

[Jack Dawe]

But but but, what about the kingfishers you posted in this thread? Aren't you a bit hard on yourself maybe?

The ones I've posted so far are all rather larger birds that weren't quite so shy. I ought to add that all four of my photos above are somewhat cropped and the first two were run through Topaz Gigapixel (which I suppose is a bit of a cheat - but it's there to be used).

 

[Jack Dawe]

Here's a Brown-hooded Kingfisher I shot in South Africa out of a car window.