Posted by bill meikle on December 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM
This kingfisher had this huge fish and was just sitting with it, so I grabbed a couple of frames. Then as I tried to work my car closer it flew off to a more distant tree, after maybe 15 minutes it was still holding the fish and a magpie got too close. Then it flew off again to another tree, I was amazed it could even fly at all with a fish that size. It was still sitting holding it when I had to go.
Posted by bill meikle on December 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM
and magpie
Posted by Luke Ormand on December 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I'd love to get a kingfisher shot like that! Even with the distracting background. . . I have one that teases me about once a week by landing on a metal pole on the end of my dock - as soon as I open the sliding glass door it takes off
Posted by bill meikle on December 29, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Film it through the glass! Yes they are hard to approach, I always use the car but its still hard.
Posted by Luke Ormand on December 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM
I would. . . but I need to open the door, to get outside, to walk down the hill, to get close enough to get a decent photo haha
Posted by bill meikle on December 29, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Wear a kingfisher suit? Giant kingfisher!
Glue on the pole?
Like the first shot, would be happy to get a shot as good as the second. I hope he figures out what to do with the fish. If nothing else he has a great story for the next time the guys get together.
Posted by Cliff Norton on December 30, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Nice image
Posted by Barry Southon on December 30, 2009 at 5:17 AM
Bill
Greetings from over the pond, Your image also brought a smile as back in October I posted a subject on the same lines on UKNPN. Always amazes me to see these feeding challenges.
Hope you don't mind my adding the illustration.
Best wishes for 2010.
Posted by Mia McPherson on December 30, 2009 at 7:05 AM
Bill
Kingfishers are my top nemesis bird, I have a few images where I have great detail, sharpness etc... but I was standing under an old snag pointing straight up because the mangroves hid my stealthy approach from the kingfisher, however the angle of those images stinks :-(
The fish in the bill of your kingfisher looks too big for it to swallow. Good work on being able to observe it for so long!
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9 repliesGlue on the pole?
Greetings from over the pond, Your image also brought a smile as back in October I posted a subject on the same lines on UKNPN. Always amazes me to see these feeding challenges.
Hope you don't mind my adding the illustration.
Best wishes for 2010.
Kingfishers are my top nemesis bird, I have a few images where I have great detail, sharpness etc... but I was standing under an old snag pointing straight up because the mangroves hid my stealthy approach from the kingfisher, however the angle of those images stinks :-(
The fish in the bill of your kingfisher looks too big for it to swallow. Good work on being able to observe it for so long!