Pied Kingfisher tossing

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Callie

Callie

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I love it when they toss the fish, and then dive into the water to wash-off the scales.
Same image shot in portrait, and cropped into landscape.
Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, ROODEPOORT
This is a juvie male.
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Great image Callie! Tack sharp and excellent composition. The action shots you present are so much more interesting than static poses like you see in field guides. More please!
 
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Larry S. said:
Great image Callie! Tack sharp and excellent composition. The action shots you present are so much more interesting than static poses like you see in field guides. More please!
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Thank you Larry. I have so many such images, the problem is getting to time to fix them. This KF, and his parents were present everyday for at least 4 weeks before a cold spell killed-off the fish. Later-on, I was only shooting the dives into and out of the water, for images of the killing and swallowing of the fish were piled up. I must have a couple of 1000 images just of Pied KF's with fish. And then there are Giant, Malachite and Half-collared as well.
here are some I posted before, I think:
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PhilG said:
Great images. Nice to see the tossing action.
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Thank you, Phil.
Larry S. said:
Wow! The additional images are terrific! The first one appears to be two males “disassembling” a frog 🐸. The one with the sunfish (?) being chased is really cool! 🤩
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Larry, the frog exchange is daughter getting breakfast from dad, she is on the right.
The fishy was robbed off a reed cormorant and one thief is chasing the other. My fish knowledge is zero, it is just a tilapia or such.
The male as two off breast stripes, the female only one!
 
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It is interesting how much longer the beak is than the Belted KF. Awesome photos! It sounds like you have a family of KFs to study and photograph. One of the juveniles I am watching caught a fish almost its same size. Tried to take off, landed back in the water, tried again but eventually had to drop the fish - lesson learned on what size fish to catch.
 
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Callie said:
Thank you Larry. I have so many such images, the problem is getting to time to fix them. This KF, and his parents were present everyday for at least 4 weeks before a cold spell killed-off the fish. Later-on, I was only shooting the dives into and out of the water, for images of the killing and swallowing of the fish were piled up. I must have a couple of 1000 images just of Pied KF's with fish. And then there are Giant, Malachite and Half-collared as well.
here are some I posted before, I think:
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Callie, awesome set. Not easy to do. Well done👍👍👍
 
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