{"id":75457,"date":"2014-06-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=1903f4c6eb7bd8b7bcceaf2fe65d49b3"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:45:24","slug":"elusive-kingfisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/elusive-kingfisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Elusive Kingfisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t shown you a bird in quite a while – so I’ll remedy that situation right here and now! Southern Africa is blessed with a lovely variety of Kingfishers, a species that is a firm favourite with avid bird-watchers and photographers in most parts of the world, for sure.<\/p>\n

I’ve had good opportunities in the past to photograph the more commonly found species in our region – the Malachite, Pied and Woodlands Kingfishers (and I’ve even had some good sightings of the Giant Kingfisher) – but there are 3 that have eluded me thus far in terms of getting a nice usable photo. These are the Half-collared Kingfisher, the African Pygmy Kingfisher and the Brown-hooded Kingfisher.<\/p>\n

Well, one of them can now be taken off the “never photographed” list. On the recent Wild Eye Chobe Photographic Safari that I hosted, we were able to get nice and close to a Brown-hooded Kingfisher that had a nest in the bank of the Chobe river. Lighting conditions were challenging as it was at the end of the day in the shade of a large tree, but we all got some portraits we can be pretty pleased with.<\/p>\n

Next up – to find the Half-collared and Pygmy!!<\/p>\n

Techs:
\nNikon D800
\nNikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
\nf4.0 | 1\/1000 SS | ISO-1800<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Elusive Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you. I will be heading to the exciting new photographic reserve called ZIMANGA later in this week, where a number of photographic hides have been built and many more are in planning. Keep your eyes on my blog and social media channels as I share some images (which will surely include many beautiful birds) upon my return.<\/p>\n

Morkel Erasmus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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