Sunday, December 21, 2008

A vision in turquoise and russet

Taken by my father at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on Wednesday.
No need for tinsel and fairy lights when nature supplies the decorations.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

lovely, lovely, lovely, You know I have only ever seen them out of the corner of my eye - they flash past so quickly, and it is always such a joy.
(To glimpse them that is - not that they flash past so quickly)
K

HappyMouffetard said...

Dad was lucky - the kingfisher was hanging around, fishing and sitting for over 2 hours! The problem was that it was so stunning that he kept forgetting to take photos and just watched it instead.

VP said...

Oh I do love kingfishers. I once had one fly in-between myself and a colleague when we were river surveying in Wales. It flew round the corner and didn't have time to evade us - it must have been just a foot away when it flew by. Absolutely magical.

Anna said...

What gorious colours. I wish that I had a winter coat like that. Sadly I have never caught a glimpse of a kingfisher but live in hope.

Anonymous said...

They are beautiful and when I first saw one I was surprised how small they were. A very special bird!

Kat Wolfdancer said...

OH ! He is BEAUTIFUL! a feathered jewel!

>^,,^<

Gail said...

Now that is a good looking bird...as you say a vision in turquoise and russet....gail

Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens said...

A beautiful Kingfisher really rivalling all the man made decorations. We have the "Cookaburra" Kingfisher, which is rather a big, splendid bird, not as colourful. I have seen a tiny one, azure blue.

spookydragonfly said...

What a gorgeous capture! Kudos to your father! No wonder he just kept watching this stunner!