A Winter sunrise over Kingfisher lake (N/A)

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  julie61

• Jan 7, 2009

I hope so too Jeff o This is a really beautiful image.....love it oo:t:

 

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  Deanneart

• Jan 7, 2009

What a beautiful image! A lovely spot to enjoy your Kingfishers! How do they manage when the pond is frozen?

 

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  madamcoolpix

• Jan 7, 2009

o I guess it is worth being a very early-riser to snap a gorgeous show like this!!! Thanks a heap for introducing us your Kingfisher site in this beautiful way, Jeff!!! :clap: :clap:

 

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  munchonu

• Jan 7, 2009

Cracking shot! I love the colours in this.

 

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  KC Foggin

• Jan 7, 2009

Wow! This is a spectacular scene. Would have loved to have seen it in person but this is the next best.

 

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  jonesboy

• Jan 7, 2009

Beautiful!!!!

 

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  JeffH

• Jan 7, 2009

Thank you all for your kind words - much appreciated.
"How do they manage when the pond is frozen?" - well Deanne, they do struggle during prolonged severe weather and many migrate to the coast in the search for ice-free fishing grounds. Thankfully, at my local site one end of the lake (out of shot on the left) has lots of low overhanging trees and this tends to keep that part ice-free and it is, in any case, one of the Kingfishers favoured feeding areas. They also feed at a number of other ponds, including my own garden pond in which I keep an area free of ice for them by the continuos running of an air pump. In fact we had a visit only yesterday.

 

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  eastwood

• Jan 8, 2009

A good morning over there. I think the bird can cope with the cold weather well.

 

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  johnnyoxygen

• Jan 8, 2009

what a glorious scene jeff,nice one mate,cheers.

 

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  JeffH

• Jan 8, 2009

Thanks eastwood and johnny