Back to real estate and finance tomorrow. On my way down the Bypass yesterday, I spied a kingfisher sitting atop a highway sign in front of the Belk Center in Kill Devil Hills. In my opinion, kingfisher's look far more like the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker than most woodpeckers. I've seen kingfisher's all over the world, and for the technically minded the species we see in North Carolina is the Belted Kingfisher. Kingfishers nest in the banks of canals and waterways, usually burrowing a tunnel 1 to 8 ft. deep. They perch above the waterway and hawk insects and grab small minnows, tadpoles and the like that rise close to the surface. This kingfisher was making use of the long stormwater ditch that runs the length of the shopping center. As always, click on any image for a larger picture.
4 comments:
good captures...kingfishers are very hard to get close to with a camera. I chase them along my canal all the time and have yet to get a good shot on one. They are constantly on the move, from tree to tree.
Yeah--mine wasn't happy I was around, hence all the flying shots. He "rattled" at me quite a bit, but managed to grab food a few times in spite of my presence.
Very nice. Did you use your trusty point-n-shoot?
Kathy: Nah, I used my new Nikon D5000 with a 70-300 AF zoom. If I had used the P&S the bird would have been a speck. Kingfishers, like hawks and wood ducks don't let you get too close, so that are hard to shoot without a zoom.
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