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Alcedo atthis
Also known as the Common Kingfisher or River Kingfisher.They have bright blue upper parts with their underside and ear coverts being orange in colour. They have white patches on each side of their neck and on their chin. Their legs are red with a dark blue stripe and males have a black bill where as the bill of females is black with a reddish/orange base.
It prefers to live near streams, slow flowing rivers, ponds and lakes.
This one is a male waiting to pounce on fish on a wet rainy day. I enjoy watching these birds catch fish and gobble them down their throats.
Spotted on Nov 10, 2011
Submitted on Nov 10, 2011
20 Comments
Thank you Yuko !
Beautiful! Love the rain drops!
Thanks achmmad , the blue eared kingfisher is not a very common site here, but all the best for your spottings.hope you post snaps of this beauty soon!
Very cute Atul! here we have Alcedo meninting, very similar to this one! hope can get it!
Awesome is my favorite word! HA!
How could I have missed this awesome photo. What colors. So cute. Kingfishers are awesome looking.
@ HiraMAbro thanks !!!
@anjali these birds are my absolute favorites .can sit for hours together watching them fish. This snap was taken in the rains ,just loved the way this guy was waiting for the catch.
Wonderful!!
treat for d eyes!!
Quite a catch this is ..They are very entertaining to watch when they sit on the waters edge to hunt..Beautiful photograph and has a nice feel to it...
Thanks Pulkit
beautiful pic
Welcome :)
Thanks Satyen and Sean!!!
Beautiful pictures Atul! Great capture
Lovely spot.
Thanks so much Mick!!
Excellent photos of a lovely creature!
Thanks Malcolm Wilton-Jones for the complement you have made my day!!!!
you have a fantastic collection of spottings yourself....
thanks again
This is a very good picture of a "difficult to photograph well" bird. And in pouring rain as well!