Belted Kingfisher for Saturday Critters

One of the difficult birds , to get a picture of is a Kingfisher.  that has been my experience anyway. but yesterday while standing on an observation deck overlooking the river I saw Kingfisher hurtling itself flying in a fast frenzy up river as it had spied me watching the river.  Unbelievably good luck was mine as the Kingfisher landed and perched on a rock in the river!

Aha! An opportunity to get a Kingfisher photo, although it was still very distant from me.  But I had faith in my camera's ability to pick up detail and I often get good closeup results with cropping on a photo editing app.

                                              First the Kingfisher had its back to me, but then
it turned around and I was able to get a good frontal shot! ( see below)

 There have always been Kingfishers along the river at this location. I have included one of my best  Kingfisher photos taken in 2008

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