Bird Watching: Belted Kingfisher, 1 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
I have been going to the same pond repeatedly for a week, attempting to capture a close up of a male Belted Kingfisher. I finally succeeded today. I hid in the bushes, with the camera on a tripod prefocused on, one of the many perched, the Kingfishers hunt from. This bird landed on the perch. I had three minutes to shoot pictures every time he moved. I shot about thirty good picture. Note the breast-band: when this male is facing the sun, it is a slate-blue color.