Black-capped Kingfisher

Finally manage to get 1 sitting long enough and close enough for me to shot.

These are taken from Batu Kawan, Penang. Unfortunately, I did not see the oriental darters .

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Manage to get this flight sequence too.
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Eh, this one good leh...I mean the last one, show the pattern of perching...

Mr No Good wrote:Eh, this one good leh...I mean the last one, show the pattern of perching...

Thanks Ng

A couple more shots of this shy fellow.

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nice shots

bklim wrote:nice shots

Thanks BK

poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

Very good set especially the flight shots!

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

sob sob..... my wings are round and short (galliform) so cannot travel to far away from my natural habitat and had became a very restricted range species, this species is not rare, just rarely noticed or found..... it is recorded for many times at my place, someone even show me photo of 1 in my garden, but I haven't manage to spot it ever since....... the closest is I think I saw one on the roadside wyreline when we drove pass......... I must be able to find this guy here one day, I even found the Black-backed Kingfisher in my garden ready, how can this commoner Black-capped cannot find?? (I love the excitement to be able to find them at my home...... I am far more happy when I saw a House Crow in my neighborhood few years ago despite I had seen so many when I stayed in PJ....)

This one better lah... not many people can get like this shots

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

sob sob..... my wings are round and short (galliform) so cannot travel to far away from my natural habitat and had became a very restricted range species, this species is not rare, just rarely noticed or found..... it is recorded for many times at my place, someone even show me photo of 1 in my garden, but I haven't manage to spot it ever since....... the closest is I think I saw one on the roadside wyreline when we drove pass......... I must be able to find this guy here one day, I even found the Black-backed Kingfisher in my garden ready, how can this commoner Black-capped cannot find?? (I love the excitement to be able to find them at my home...... I am far more happy when I saw a House Crow in my neighborhood few years ago despite I had seen so many when I stayed in PJ....)

Hmmm, I can't quite imagine you as a chicken .
But I get your point.

nelson khor wrote:This one better lah... not many people can get like this shots

Thanks Nelson.
This time it decided to let me shoot.

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

sob sob..... my wings are round and short (galliform) so cannot travel to far away from my natural habitat and had became a very restricted range species, this species is not rare, just rarely noticed or found..... it is recorded for many times at my place, someone even show me photo of 1 in my garden, but I haven't manage to spot it ever since....... the closest is I think I saw one on the roadside wyreline when we drove pass......... I must be able to find this guy here one day, I even found the Black-backed Kingfisher in my garden ready, how can this commoner Black-capped cannot find?? (I love the excitement to be able to find them at my home...... I am far more happy when I saw a House Crow in my neighborhood few years ago despite I had seen so many when I stayed in PJ....)

Hmmm, I can't quite imagine you as a chicken .
But I get your point.

erm...... your statement sounds extremely odd...... hahahaha

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

sob sob..... my wings are round and short (galliform) so cannot travel to far away from my natural habitat and had became a very restricted range species, this species is not rare, just rarely noticed or found..... it is recorded for many times at my place, someone even show me photo of 1 in my garden, but I haven't manage to spot it ever since....... the closest is I think I saw one on the roadside wyreline when we drove pass......... I must be able to find this guy here one day, I even found the Black-backed Kingfisher in my garden ready, how can this commoner Black-capped cannot find?? (I love the excitement to be able to find them at my home...... I am far more happy when I saw a House Crow in my neighborhood few years ago despite I had seen so many when I stayed in PJ....)

Hmmm, I can't quite imagine you as a chicken .
But I get your point.

erm...... your statement sounds extremely odd...... hahahaha

When you mentioned 'Galliform', the thing that jump to my mind was gallus gallus's wings mah.
So trying to imagine you as a red junglefowl

I haven't get this one yet... Nice series you have here.

saif00582 wrote:I haven't get this one yet... Nice series you have here.

Thanks Saiful

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

jytou wrote:poison......... isk...... I want this shy fella oso..........

First year I met this fellow, it stayed no closer than 50m away.
This time, it allowed me to get as close as 10m.

Maybe it's gotten used to cars with barrels poking out of windows.

Tou, you can try this location.
You can drive there, park you car by the side and wait for it.
Don't even have to get down from the car.

sob sob..... my wings are round and short (galliform) so cannot travel to far away from my natural habitat and had became a very restricted range species, this species is not rare, just rarely noticed or found..... it is recorded for many times at my place, someone even show me photo of 1 in my garden, but I haven't manage to spot it ever since....... the closest is I think I saw one on the roadside wyreline when we drove pass......... I must be able to find this guy here one day, I even found the Black-backed Kingfisher in my garden ready, how can this commoner Black-capped cannot find?? (I love the excitement to be able to find them at my home...... I am far more happy when I saw a House Crow in my neighborhood few years ago despite I had seen so many when I stayed in PJ....)

Hmmm, I can't quite imagine you as a chicken .
But I get your point.

erm...... your statement sounds extremely odd...... hahahaha

When you mentioned 'Galliform', the thing that jump to my mind was gallus gallus's wings mah.
So trying to imagine you as a red junglefowl

haha..... you use "red junglefowl" still ok.... but when you say "chicken", it sounds odd redi..... you know "chicken" got more than one meaning rite? especially when applying on human..... E.g. I never knew you were such a chicken........

Galliform order such a big order, I would prefer to be other more interesting species, I would love to be like Malaysian Peacock Pheasant, Blue-breasted Quail also ok...... there are many other global galliform that could be interesting looking also....... Coincidentally, galliform memang one of my favorite group of birds......

Seriously, Tou. I would not refer you as that type of 'chicken' .

chongbt wrote:Seriously, Tou. I would not refer you as that type of 'chicken' .

haha......... thats the fantastic part about language.... I once saw a joke "Sir..... no no no, you misunderstood, I am just observing a pair of Great Tits" (the man's gf or wife with "Great Tits" is just beside......) wakakakakakaka.......

好鸟！！！几时才会轮到我？[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

desmondsoe wrote:好鸟！！！几时才会轮到我？[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Now this is embarrassing, I really do not read nor write chinese .
So sorry if I did not responding appropriately .

chongbt wrote:

desmondsoe wrote:好鸟！！！几时才会轮到我？[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Now this is embarrassing, I really do not read nor write chinese .
So sorry if I did not responding appropriately .

help you translate: "good bird!!!!when will it be my turn leh??" haha....

jytou wrote:

chongbt wrote:

desmondsoe wrote:好鸟！！！几时才会轮到我？[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Now this is embarrassing, I really do not read nor write chinese .
So sorry if I did not responding appropriately .

help you translate: "good bird!!!!when will it be my turn leh??" haha....

Thanks for the help Tou. Really appreciate it.

Desmond, thanks for the compliment.
Your turn will come.

This fella is super shy. You were so lucky
to shot at it in a close distance and all are
very nice.