Kingfisher - Backwaters of Kerala

After all my attempts to get a decent kingfisher pic this trip … just as we were packing up to leave the houseboat this one landed on the front of the boat and posed beautifully, totally unfazed by the humans watching him. I took so many photos he deserves his own Post so these pictures are all of him (or her)

I make no apologies for the number of photos here .... I took loads - and he/she was obviously very happy to pose and show me his/her best profiles.



















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  1. Di1 March 2016 at 22:36

    Definitely not camera shy! I never realised that Kingfishers had such large beaks!

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  2. Sue Clinker6 March 2016 at 01:32

    They are large arent' they?

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