A male Pied Kingfisher flies back to its partner with his freshly-caught lunch .… a Valentine’s Day gift perhaps?
Whereas this species of kingfisher will typically fly high-in-the-air above open bodies of water and in a manner that can only be described as haphazard while searching for prey, they will instead sometimes fly in a straight line just above the water surface directly back to their partner after having caught a fish.
Perhaps it is simply a case of the birds taking the easiest and most direct route home.
In any case, it does provide an opportunity to capture the bird’s reflection while in flight.
Although it still took me 4 years of trying to capture an image of a reflection of a Pied Kingfisher with a fish in its beak that was worthy of uploading / sharing ….
Thank you for your interest, views, faves, comments and awards ! This image was captured in Hong Kong 香港. (Better viewed on a larger screen.)
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