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Pied Kingfisher
scottishdude

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

It was just 30 minutes after dawn when I came across 3 of these fishing in a small pond. I actually manged to get all the together but then one was chased off by a Malachite kingfisher (which I photgraphed ;-). I actually got 15 species within an hour in and around a pond no bigger than 25 feet square ;-)

I have decided to post this for this months comp as I like the water droplets it produced after a shake off!

P.s shot at 650ASA
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Habitat
Marsh
Location
The Gambia
Date taken
29/3/10
Scientific name
Ceryle rudis
Equipment used
7d + 600mm + Ext Tube
ammadoux
WOW dude this is really gorgeous, fantastic in every bit of it. wish you the best in the competition.
 
bpw
A very difficult exposure to get right - white against near black. Excellent result!
 
Steve G
Super image Jamie!!!

We had a family of three perch on our lodge at Makasutu every morning -fantastic birds!
 

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