Avian Sighting 8/100 August 2015 - Blue-eared Kingfisher

 This is my sharpest shot of this resident  of Kemensah  side of Klang Valley so far. Most of the time its soft because of poor lighting and no close up opportunity. I usually do not have the patience to sit and wait unlike other bird photog.  I was lucky  to able to approach this adult upto 20 feet . This shot was taken in bright overcast sky. Speed 1/180 f5.6 ISO 500 with mirror up live-view focus  on my ole EOS7D. Even then with "bib-bob" head movement  makes it more difficult to get sharp pictures.




The juvenile (cheek rufous-picture 2&3 below) is still tagging along its parent (4 weeks already). I encounter both of them flying up and down the stream along IsiRimba and on  several time perched over the fishing pond which the adult occasionally dive in to catch guppies which it then fly into the darker undergrowth to feed. I did not see the
Adult  feeding the juvenile and I think it is now
observing whether its underling can fend for itself.

The wet looks of the adult after going into the pond