Kingfishers Mating

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Not to the same standard as Martins excellent flight sequence, here's a sequence from today of 2 Kingfishers at RSPB Rye Meads mating (I was going to do the sequence before I saw Martins thread!). Looking at it now, I guess I should really cut some shots out, but I wanted to show the whole sequence so there we go.

 
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I hope they both consented :eek:

Nice set, would like to see a bigger one :)
 
Great sequence Chris. You dont get to see this that often.

Well done (y)
 
Wham bamb thankyou mam!
Almost in-flight procreation.

Excellent sequence
 
That's awesome - excellent shots!

Think it should have a NSFW tag tho'! ;)
 
Thanks for the comments all :) This was actually the first time I've ever seen a Kingfisher and didn't realise seeing them mate was anything special until the guy next to me said he's been taking kingfishers for 5 years and never caught them mating before! They actually did it again but in a tree and obstructed by branches. These were shot at 630mm, the guy next to me had a 600mm lens with a 2x tc, so I'd love to see this sequence at 1200mm! Sad thing was I arrived at the hide at 10:40, this all happened at 10:50, they left and I sat there until 4pm for them only to return very far away towards the end! Good job I got these or would have been a wasted day!

Tina: I'm not sure about rights on flickr...if I can't stop people downloading it without stopping them seeing it entirely can I?
 
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You will have a long wait to see that again - well done sir!
 
rare to see yet alone get shots too ,very well done.
Rob.
 
Very nice sequence and well caught.
Saw this same behaviour the first time I photographed Kingfishers and thought this is easy........HOW WRONG WAS I! :D

Ross
 
tigerfast said:
Very nice sequence and well caught.
Saw this same behaviour the first time I photographed Kingfishers and thought this is easy........HOW WRONG WAS I! :D

Ross
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Sounds like I won't be able to simply go back next weekend and get the same thing but with better light then! Such a shame it was quite cloudy with no sunlight. Just a bit of light would have added much more punch I reckon.
 
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