I have got the visit of this female European Kingfisher while I was trying my floating hut for the second times. It is impossible to go and observe these banks covered with vegetation using another mean.

I have observed a Common Kingfisher on the banks of this small pond during several weeks. I have observed it at many different places and I have not found the ideal place to hide and wait.

For my first series of pictures of Common Kingfisher, I have seen it coming back from fishing, through dense bushes. I saw the Common Kingfisher hit the fish on the branch, then put it in the right axis to swallow it. This scene was very interesting. But because of the distance and because of the vegetation, the pictures are not very good. Being naturally very optimistic, I am sure that, one day, I will shot a beautiful Common Kingfisher picture ;-)

I am used to often observing Common Kingfishers in my native region of "basse vallée du Doubs" in France. I need to spend more time there to shoot beautiful pictures.

I have surprised, on several occasions during my regular jogging, a Common Kingfisher on the banks of the Bièvre river. It was perched on a branch certainly placed by a wildlife photographer. So I organized a morning photo session, trying to disturb as little as possible. I set my camera on a small tripod, not too close and hidden, and watched it all from far away with a radio remote to trigger. In fact, the nest is located just under the bank in front of the perch. I was able to attend several changes. One Kingfisher passes in rapid flight above the nest, signalling itself by a call. The one that is sitting on the eggs comes out on the perch and the first one comes back to replace it in the burrow. Having read that the slightest prolonged presence near the nest can destroy the brood, I did not return to the scene afterwards. Here is one of the photos shot during this session. The colour of the lower mandible indicates one female.