Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis

So thrilled to spot this with a catch in it's mouth, we ended up in waist-deep waters ourselves.

The costliest Kingfisher that cost us two cell phones and a car key, and we only realized it after getting back to the river bank!

December 2008. Cauvery WLS, KA.

 

 

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