Giant Kingfisher - the crab wrestler

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Callie

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The Giant Kingfisher is the world's largest aquatic KF. His OZ cousin, the Laughing Kookaburra, is larger but non-aquatic. Sexes are dimorphic with the male having a rufous chest and the female having the rufous below the chest. These images were taken in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort, Gauteng. 6/10 of the KF found is SA can be seen here in summer.

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Callie said:
The Giant Kingfisher is the world's largest aquatic KF. His OZ cousin, the Laughing Kookaburra, is larger but non-aquatic. Sexes are dimorphic with the male having a rufous chest and the female having the rufous below the chest. These images were taken in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort, Gauteng. 6/10 of the KF found is SA can be seen here in summer.

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Very Cool Callie👍👍👍
 
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Callie said:
The Giant Kingfisher is the world's largest aquatic KF. His OZ cousin, the Laughing Kookaburra, is larger but non-aquatic. Sexes are dimorphic with the male having a rufous chest and the female having the rufous below the chest. These images were taken in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort, Gauteng. 6/10 of the KF found is SA can be seen here in summer.

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Fantastic sequence of images Callie.
Happy trails.
 
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Ralph said:
Very Cool Callie👍👍👍
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paul katinas said:
Fantastic sequence of images Callie.
Happy trails.
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Rassie said:
Really nice, Callie. You keep surprising us with excellent and unique images. (y)
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Irap said:
Great shooting Callie(y)
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K9Kirk said:
Nice captures. Callie.
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StarTracker50 said:
Nice Callie! Was the crab too heavy for him? Looks like he tried to fly off, then flopped back down...
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Thanks guys, appreciated. Eddie, they catch large crabs, the water was shallow and the crab slippery, methinks. Made for better images than a straight in and out of the water dive.
 
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