KINGfisher, really, come see!

ginger_55

and look at how small this little bird is! I don't even know why I looked twice. And I had to use my 400 lens like binoculars to see if it was anything interesting. I almost fell over. No wonder I never see these things. They might be all over for all I know. This photo is full frame, or almost, but taken with the 400mm lens on wednesday.




I knew this was the darn kindfisher, but my lens didn't want to focus on it. So I winged it before it disappeared totally. The only reason it hung around long enough to take the photo was it was having trouble flying into the gale wind out where I was. Darn bird kept getting hung up by the wind, and my lens couldn't see this thing.

This is a crop. I know there are no eyes, but there is a bird, more than I had before! These things are tiny! The type is bigger than the bird!

ginger

helmet155

Brilliant capture of the KIF (Kingfisher in flight)!!!!!!!!

jwear

it is a kingfisher in both shots what ps trick did you do to the bif

Dennis Kaczor

These birds are one of the hardest birds for me to even get close at all. The park I go too had a few of these guys there, but they would never let me get that picture that I wanted.


Nice shots even if they are far away, but you did much better then I did.

Thanks for sharing

bfjr

The most evil bird I know to photographers at least
Your efforts here are comendable for sure

ginger_55

Thanks, Helmet, dennis, ben, jeff,

Darn bird may be pretty, but it is the size of a mosquito.

The crows are bigger, and I have some cool crow photos!

But the Kingfisher, well, don't know why they call "him" King.

ginger