Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Anyone who has tried to take pictures of belted Kingfisher in the wild knows that it is not easy. Belted Kingfisher is a very skittish and most will fly away before you can even get into position to take their picture. As I been going through older pictures and processing a number which I never worked on before, I came across a series of Belted Kingfisher photos. After seeing them, I cannot wait to get back next year and try to capture more and hopefully even better images. I obtained these images at Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. At Goose Pond, there is a blind, where there are perches set up outside the blind which the kingfishers use. By utilizing the blind and having a lot of patience, you can obtain pictures of the Belted Kingfisher, but of course other wildlife.

Here are some of the photographs that I obtained of a male Belted Kingfisher. No, I do not have one of the Kingfisher, plunging into the water, like the picture going viral on Facebook. By the way, there is a number of articles about that picture saying that it was a setup, utilizing an aquarium with minnows. Whatever, it is a great picture.