A White Throated Kingfisher tossing the catch to clear dry leaves
While returning from a birding trip, sighted a pair of kingfishers on a roadside lake. They were trying to make family and in between one of the kingfishers dived from this perch to a lotus leaf below, captured this insects covered in wet leaves. The bird then tossed the leaf around till they fell off and then gulped the insect.
The White Throated Kingfishers are the most common kingfishers found in the country and they can be pretty much everywhere in the countryside, large parks, and woods as well. This is their nesting season and hence we are seeing a and hearing a lot of them. But a sudden onset of heavy rains in the summer has quietened bird and nesting activity very much.
Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
A White Throated Kingfisher tossing the catch to clear dry leaves
While returning from a birding trip, sighted a pair of kingfishers on a roadside lake. They were trying to make family and in between one of the kingfishers dived from this perch to a lotus leaf below, captured this insects covered in wet leaves. The bird then tossed the leaf around till they fell off and then gulped the insect.
The White Throated Kingfishers are the most common kingfishers found in the country and they can be pretty much everywhere in the countryside, large parks, and woods as well. This is their nesting season and hence we are seeing a and hearing a lot of them. But a sudden onset of heavy rains in the summer has quietened bird and nesting activity very much.
Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.