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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher. However, not all of them has a white breast, so white-throated is more appropriate. Its call is like the Collared Kingfisher, but less sharp and shrill.
Common resident breeder
Local subspecies: fusca
Length: 28 cm
Habitat: Wetland, river, pond, park
Distribution: Turkey east to the Philippines.
Breeding: Dec-May
Nest: Bank, termite mound
Diet: Fish, lizard, snake, insect, frog, rodent
Voici le vaisseau de Ochi, le meurtrier des parents de Rey dans Star Wars 9, L'ascension de Skywalker. Il mesure 21 mètres de long et date de la république galactique.
C'est un transport interstellaire de la classe WTK-85A. Il est retrouvé dans le desert de Pasadena près des sables mouvants…
This is the ship of Ochi, the murderer of Rey's parents in Star Wars 9, The Rise of Skywalker. It's 21 meters long and dates back to the galactic republic.
It's a WTK-85A class interstellar transport. It's found in the Pasadena Desert near quicksand...
Some time back, we watched a pair of nesting White-tailed Kites. It was a delightful experience to watch a complete food exchange. It was distant, but I have never been able to photograph or even watch a whole sequence. It was amazing!
Most of the time the WTK do their food transfers on a branch. In this case, the food transfer appeared to be done reluctantly and then there were a couple fly by with the food, almost as if they were given a chance to come get it.
CHRP Fremont,Ca.
This little guy is your reward for hiking
up the to "hawk hill " he will stand there
until your batteries run out ? I always
enjoy seeing him on the way to spot
the WTK , Merlin , or RTH .
I had pretty much given up hope to see an in air transfer from our neighborhood kites when this pair performed for me! Unfortunately it was a cloudy day but still great to see.
The colors on the white-tailed Kite are for real - the sky has been added in post-processing. Texture by ghostbones
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher. However, not all of them has a white breast, so white-throated is more appropriate. Its call is like the Collared Kingfisher, but less sharp and shrill.
Common resident breeder
Local subspecies: fusca
Length: 28 cm
Habitat: Wetland, river, pond, park
Distribution: Turkey east to the Philippines.
Breeding: Dec-May
Nest: Bank, termite mound
Diet: Fish, lizard, snake, insect, frog, rodent
It is the one year anniversary of getting my Nikon Z9 and some of the first photos I took with this camera were also of the WTK.
The predicament of the WTK chicks did not go unnoticed by the neighborhood RSH. Not sure if s/he would attack but yelled at them and they left.
Just trying to stay alive. Haven't seen dad not sure if he was killed. Mama has come by but mostly just checking on her chicks.
Early this morning I had this WTK that allowed me to photograph him from about 20ft away. He just sat there and periodically looked at me and was looking below for any voles on the ground. I just sat there and took a couple hundred shots. He just didn't want to fly which was odd. Once I moved my left foot and the gravel underneath finally spooked him.
Backlit and foggy, we watched this young WTK hunting near us dive down quickly and back up with a vole. It flew to a nearby tree that we could observe from the trail. Another jerk photographer kept creeping closer on another trail causing this one to flush before it was finished. I couldn't see her approaching closer because a big bush was in the way otherwise I would have said something. Too bad you have a short lens... Any wonder why I get so annoyed by unethical photographers??