I’m into day seven of my ten day Isolation sentence – starting to feel a lot better. Once again a retro-post with some pretty cool Kingfisher shots form this day in 2020.
Environment:
Start Time: 11:30 AM Temperature: 51 degrees Sky: Sunny, no clouds, light breeze
Spectacular weather continues. I’m not sure why the birds are making themselves so scarce. Maybe the continued presence of Red-Tails and Kestrels has something to do with it – not sure. That is not to say that today’s photo efforts went unrewarded. I managed to spot a male Belted Kingfisher perched along the Arkansas River AND on the same side of the river as me! He (it was a male) was quite content to sit on a branch and take in the fine weather. I shot quite a few frames of this “activity” – one of which is posted below. After a while he darted off the branch and swooped over the surface of the river and was gone. But I managed to grab a shot of the dive and that is today’s featured image.
Sightings:
Birds: Mallard Ducks, Gulls, Western Grebe, Sparrows, Dark-Eyed Juncos, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Tail Hawk, flicker, American Kestrel
Critters: None
Gear: Lumix GH4 , 100-300 mm
