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| That white-red is KWSP (Employees' Provident Fund) building |
Last week's Aidil-Fitri holiday gave me a chance to do some bird photography.
There is a small lotus pond near my house (10 minutes walk), beside the KWSP Building on Jalan Persiaran Damai 4.
In an hour, I saw four different bird species. There are two Kingfishers, two water hens, and a Chinese pond heron.
From the car window, I captured this kingfisher in action.
I have seen this species feeding on grasshoppers, frogs, and lizards, but this is my first seeing fish as its diet.
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| White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra). The one flapping its wing probably is a male. |
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| A pair of White-throated Kingfishers perched openly on two death trees. |
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| diving |
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| Fly over the Lotus plants, (Nelumbo nucifera) |
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| Fly parallel over the water, looking for fish. The white-throated kingfisher did not dive directly into the water but had a preference for catching fish from the water's surface. |
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| strike |
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| Fail, let's try again. Out of three attempts that I saw, only one was successful. (33%) |
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| Landing a rotten wood not far from my car - look at the eye - nictitating membrane. |
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| Take off to dry the feathers |
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| Successfully caught a small fish, probably guppy. |
