Immature Common Kingfisher

[Romy Ocon]

The wind was blowing like crazy in the afternoon of this January 17th visit at Candaba wetlands, and that's perhaps the reason why there are not as many birds as I'm accustomed to.

I managed to get close to a juvenile Common Kingfisher - the first young of this species that I've seen in the field. It was perched in dense brush and I couldn't get a clean shot, but it's a welcome consolation for the sortie nonetheless.


Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis, juvenile)
40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 320, manual exposure, Ix! bean bag





And an old photo of an adult female for comparison - 350D + Sigmonster, 800 mm, f/9, 1/250 sec, ISO 400, manual exposure, 475B/3421 support, October 31, 2005:




Romy

[Bobby Kintanar]

Your captures never fail to amaze me Master Romy! Eye-popping, vivid ... Oconific! :-)

[Raul Marcelo]

Whoah!!! fantastic!

[reneripr]

Only two words: wonderful photos.

[steve pryor]

Hi Romy,
You can't sex the bird at this stage of development. The adult female has a reddish base to the lower mandible, however, juveniles birds do also. So, here since we don't have anything indicating sex from this obviously juvenile plumage, we can only say juvenile of indeterminate sex.

[Romy Ocon]

cuckooroller said:

Hi Romy,
You can't sex the bird at this stage of development. The adult female has a reddish base to the lower mandible, however, juveniles birds do also. So, here since we don't have anything indicating sex from this obviously juvenile plumage, we can only say juvenile of indeterminate sex.

Thanks, Steve.... will modify the description in my galleries.

[Reyno Rosete]

Excellent captures and the first, with the pose and details draws my attention the most. Oustanding as always Romy !!!