After enjoying a Christmas day I decided to head out for a walk along a local river. Turned out to be a fun morning. I always enjoy it when a Belted Kingfisher shows up, hope you enjoy. There were a few other birds around that helped finish off the day.
Female Belted Kingfisher looking for breakfast
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Looks like a good catch
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Trying to get everything aligned
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Heading out
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Great Blue Heron doing a Fly By
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Hooder Merganser doing a river walk
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Male Goldeneye- Me and My Shadow
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed. It was a great day to be out.
Excellent walk! Happy New Year!
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
From the look of things, that kingfisher probably could have swallowed the branch it was sitting on too. Nice pictures of the fauna around the river! That merganser doing the river-walk is especially nice!
Thanks, I always enjoy photographing wildlife.
Walks are always great when you can photograph wildlife. Happy New Year to you too.
Appy
Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)
All those pics are superb, but the Kingfisher catch and eat sequence is really special.
Thanks, I saw her sitting on a branch but missed her diving in the water. They are really fast , glad she came back to the branch to eat.
Gpaw47 wrote:
After enjoying a Christmas day I decided to head out for a walk along a local river. Turned out to be a fun morning. I always enjoy it when a Belted Kingfisher shows up, hope you enjoy. There were a few other birds around that helped finish off the day.
Very nice set of images!!!
Kingfisher is outstanding. Thanks
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