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Pied Kingfisher-3

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Focus On - Pied Kingfisher"Shoot first, ask questions later!" - an old aphorism from Wild West films where baddies jump out of shadows six-gun in grimy hands, and the goodie has no choice but to fire as he protects the damsel in distress... Same applies to photographers in the wild when trying to capture photographs of birds, especially those in flight. We don't usually have the damsel in distress, but our trigger finger has to be as rapid as Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood or Eli Wallach.  When travelling through Tarangire National Park, we stopped on a bridge over the Tarangire River and this wee fellow, first image, was sitting in a bush by the bank. He is a pied kingfisher ((Ceryle_rudis) ==>http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ceryle_rudis/ ), and I say "he" because there are two bands across his chest - a broad gorget, and thinner one below. Apparently, males have this configuration while females have only the gorget - an example of sexual dimorphism (sounds good, sounds like I know what I'm tal
Image size
1152x1166px 836.51 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Shutter Speed
1/1000 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
310 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Nov 2, 2015, 6:44:56 AM
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SiradLah
The bird look as if it is saying "Just stay there one more minute and I'll have lunch!"