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They're plentiful here in Central Florida. I love watching them, they put on a show!
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Ken Miracle said:
Just could not resist posting this classic bird on a stick ... Immature female Belted Kingfisher Mores Creek near Boise, Idaho Nikon D500 Nikkor 500pf.
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I can imagine how satisfying it was to get such great up close shots of this kingfisher (y) .
The kingfisher we have here in Switzerland / Europe looks a bit different, striking light blue and has an orange tummy.. he is the only critter on my list that I haven't managed to photograph so far. They are rare to find and even harder to photograph. So far I have only 3 incidents where I spotted him flying by so fast (while I was swimming in the river, so no camera LOL ). This is on my year resolution list for 2022 ;)
 
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Ado Wolf said:
I can imagine how satisfying it was to get such great up close shots of this kingfisher (y) .
The kingfisher we have here in Switzerland / Europe looks a bit different, striking light blue and has an orange tummy.. he is the only critter on my list that I haven't managed to photograph so far. They are rare to find and even harder to photograph. So far I have only 3 incidents where I spotted him flying by so fast (while I was swimming in the river, so no camera LOL ). This is on my year resolution list for 2022 ;)
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thank you .... I was blessed to encounter a number of cool Kingfishers in Africa on my only trip there. One of my favorites Malachite Kingfisher ... South Africa
 
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Gerat photo of the Malachite Kingfisher. This one resembles a lot the one we have here.
Small, fast, and is hat to spot.. mainly because he can spot us so fast and fly away before we even notice him.
So being able to take such a good photo is definitely a blessing :)
 
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Ado Wolf said:
Gerat photo of the Malachite Kingfisher. This one resembles a lot the one we have here.
Small, fast, and is hat to spot.. mainly because he can spot us so fast and fly away before we even notice him.
So being able to take such a good photo is definitely a blessing :)
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Yes they are much smaller. The Belted Kingfisher is larger but also jumpy. I recently posted some flight shots with a large fish here on the forum. Good luck catching up with your Kingfisher no matter what gear you use. I have photographed them with Nikon 200-500, Tamron 150-600 old and new G2, Tamron 70-200 G2 with and without TC, Sigma 50-500, 150-600 Sport and 60-600 sport and now the Nikon 500 PF and 600 f/4E so a lot of gear will do the job if your lucky, sneaky, patient. I have a nice photograph of ice that I took along the river in January while sitting on the bank waiting for a Kingfisher to fly :)
 
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Very nice Photos Ken. I see Kingfisher’s often in the Lower Columbia River Estuaries and it’s like as soon as they see a vehicle or a Person on a trail they take flight. Still my goal to have one sit still even for enough time to get the Camera to my Eye.
 
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Snapshot2020 said:
Very nice Photos Ken. I see Kingfisher’s often in the Lower Columbia River Estuaries and it’s like as soon as they see a vehicle or a Person on a trail they take flight. Still my goal to have one sit still even for enough time to get the Camera to my Eye.
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Thank you. I take the photo op I get but do like BIF of them when I can ... sometimes spend a lot of time waiting for them to fly. On our trails along the Boise River if one flys of as I or someone else approaches I frequently stand in a spot that breaks up my outline and wait for them to return ... especially if they left what appears to be a fishing perch.
 
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