Kingfishers

Oct. 19, 2018, at Ridgefield NWR.  Here’s a Belted Kingfisher that wouldn’t land where there was a clear shot, but I thought it turned out

This is a shot from Aug. 4, 2016–a frame not published by me before–of a female Belted Kingfisher.  Taken at the Ridgefield NWR.

A Belted Kingfisher poses at the Ridgefield NWR, April 26, 2017. LARGEVIEW! Canon 5D Mark III, 1/800, f5, ISO 2500, 500mm, 1:38 p.m.

A nice end to my day at the Ridgefield NWR, Oct. 28, 2016, was this female Belted Kingfisher, which allowed me about 4 minutes of

This Belted Kingfisher was stretching its wing at the same time the wind kicked up, giving it a unique hairdo.  Aug. 4, 2016, at Ridgefield,

A female Belted Kingfisher stops for a few seconds on a branch over the water at the Ridgefield NWR, July 1, 2016. Canon 5D Mark

Here’s one more shot from my encounter with the Belted Kingfisher at the Ridgefield NWR on April 8, 2016.  Here he is checking out the

One from the Kingfisher series I captured on April 8, 2016, at the Ridgefield NWR.  He was spotting fish in the slough from 35-40 up