Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Wageningen 13 jan 2006

This Kingfisher was sitting in a pond of a park in an urban area. During the winter Kingfishers come near civilized areas, because the water is not frozen. In this video you can see the bird keeps it's head still, balancing on the moving branch. This enables him to accurately measure the distance to the fish in the water. It was taken with a Canon Powershot (very simple digital camera), and attached with a home-made adapter to a 20x telescope.

Thank you all for the compliments, I am quite happy with it myself.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Kingfisher
• IJsvogel
• Alcedo
• atthis
• Wageningen
• birds
• vogels

[thomdrock]

Great vid. We actually have one in the Vondelpark, in the middle of Amsterdam, for some years. Seen him only twice though ;)

[winki07]

Love it. Really

[StowAlex]

~ BEAUTIFUL ~

[quickshooter100]

beautiful birds! i have been attempting shots recently, have a look at my flickr!

[pedropicasso41]

Ik heb er ook een gezien bij mij inde buurt in Amsterdam. Mijn eerste!

[wildlifevideo]

hi,great video clip,how long did it take you to get that,we have a kingfisher here which im trying to video but its hard to get a good shot,any ideas would be great.

[Juscz]

Great video... is this a malachite kingfisher?... what country was it photographed in?... thanks for sharing!

[welsheysa123]

nice capture

[navillious]

Brillient footage i love kingfishers!!!!!

[MoonAuge]

Uhh I Love this Video