Forest Kingfishers

[Ironwood]

I went for a walk out to the front gate this afternoon, spotted a couple of Forest Kingfishers on the way.

[seaslug]

Beautiful birds! I've not been lucky enough to photograph one yet.

[Ironwood]

They certainly are beautiful Greg. We have the Azure Kingfisher hanging around as well, they are both hard to get close to, had to stalk these ones.

[Alan]

#3 for me (keeping it simple). Whites look good.

How lovely to have them on your property

[Ironwood]

Cheers Alan. Yes, I like #3 as well, I got a few shots from that position and was slowly inching closer, while I had the camera down from my eye, the bird turned its back on me, spread its wings and took flight, the colour display was amazing, I regret not having the camera at the ready to capture that moment.......

[Isac]

Last one for me too Ironwood. They do look beautiful and I have never seen one before. It's rather spooky though - I have a very similar shot but with a welcome swallow siting on top of a 3-star picket.

[Ironwood]

Cheers Isac. #3 seems to be the common choice .
Have you posted that particular photo before Isac ? I seem to remember seeing a similar photo somewhere a few months ago.
I also took a similar looking photo of one of these same birds a couple of years ago, sitting on a star picket, but that one had a run of barbed wire at the bottom of the frame. The previous one didn't have the bird in as sharp a focus as this one though, but it was still a nice image.

[Isac]

Thanks Ironwood. I posted it in a series way back "More from the Lake".

[Ironwood]

Some nice shots there Isac

[Isac]

Thanks Ironwood.

[Ironwood]

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I also took a similar looking photo of one of these same birds a couple of years ago, sitting on a star picket, but that one had a run of barbed wire at the bottom of the frame. The previous one didn't have the bird in as sharp a focus as this one though, but it was still a nice image.

Well, I had a look through my older Kingfisher photos. Seems my memory is getting worse .

The photo with the bird on the star picket didn't have barbed wire, but just plain single strand , could be off the same fenceline though .


The one with the barbed wire didn't have a star picket at all, just a Rosewood post .

[Mark L]

#3 is pretty good Brad. (where's the thumbs up thing?)
They will regularly revisit the same perches. Do you have the time to wait?

Two days ago I got the Sigma 150-600 Sports. What is the 150-600 you are using?

[Ironwood]

Cheers Mark, thanks for that.
At the moment I don't have the time to sit and wait, when I get the chance I do a 30 minute loop of my property, sometimes I get lucky.
I have the Tamron 150-600, I'm afraid I get mixed results, as its usually later in the afternoon when I get home, we live in a valley, so I am trying to get shots in low light.
I am envious of your Sigma Sport, if I could get a descent price for my Tamron, I would consider trading up. I know a guy who has a new Nikon D500 and Sigma 150-600 sport, awesome combination. He has been getting some very good shots even in low light, that I can only dream of.

[Sully]

Terrific shots Brad

[ScottH]

Great images Brad.
The last one with the blank/brown background is a ripper. Really makes the blue of the bird stand out!!

[Ironwood]

Thanks for the kind words Barb and Scott