diving – Feathered Photography

Female Belted Kingfisher Diving On A Fish

Sometimes magic happens in my backgrounds. (6 photos)

Forster’s Tern – A Dive And Then Something Special

One of these shots immediately became one of my favorite bird photos and we can’t even see the bird’s head. (4 photos)

Forster’s Tern Aerial Gymnastics

A couple of flight postures I doubt I’ll ever see again. Almost certainly I’ll never photograph them again. (2 photos)

Belted Kingfisher Diving Past A Tangle Of Branches

I can thank the Canon R5 for this shot. I’ll explain why. (2 images)

Belted Kingfisher Hovering And Then Beginning To Dive On A Fish

Yesterday morning a change in shooting strategy allowed me to get some kingfisher photos that have eluded me for years. (5 photos)

Female Hooded Merganser Yesterday Afternoon

The duck with the hammerhead crest. (6 photos)

Copycat Diving Redheads, Male And Female

Choreography with a delay.

Diving Male Kingfisher With A Colorful Background

Beats the heck out of a mass of twigs or plain old sky back there.

A Strange And Completely Unexpected Kingfisher Behavior

Over the years I’ve spent countless hours watching kingfishers through my lens but until a few days ago I’d never seen this.

Random Events In The Life Of A Kingfisher

Five days ago I spent about 40 minutes with a male Belted Kingfisher who even cooperated occasionally. These are some of the events I photographed that morning.

Male Belted Kingfisher Diving On A Fish And Then Eating His Catch

And believe it or not, this time he brought the fish close to me before gobbling it down instead of carrying it far away like he’s done repeatedly in the past.