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Bo Zarts

(26,345 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:43 AM Wednesday

Fresh catch .. very fresh catch! (Belted Kingfisher)

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Texas Gulf Coast - February 2026
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Fresh catch .. very fresh catch! (Belted Kingfisher) (Original Post) Bo Zarts Wednesday OP

Two eyes........ enough Wednesday #1

fresh out of the water RainCaster Wednesday #2

Great catch! For both you and the Belted Kingfisher! It's a great shot. Thanks, dear Bo! CaliforniaPeggy Wednesday #3

great shot moonshinegnomie Wednesday #4

Kingfishers are hard to capture. Grumpy Old Guy Wednesday #5

That fish seems less excited jfz9580m Wednesday #6

This is one of the... 2naSalit Wednesday #7

Great photo! highplainsdem Wednesday #8

Anyone else imagine a mini T-Rex in that bird's expression? Auggie Wednesday #9

With that hair and those crazed eyes, I could call him ... Pete Hegseth! Bo Zarts Wednesday #10

LOL Auggie Wednesday #11

enough

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1. Two eyes........

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:01 AM

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RainCaster

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2. fresh out of the water

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:28 AM

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Great timing on that shot.

CaliforniaPeggy

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3. Great catch! For both you and the Belted Kingfisher! It's a great shot. Thanks, dear Bo!

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:36 AM

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moonshinegnomie

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4. great shot

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:37 AM

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i went down there a few years ago to capture whooping cranes

Grumpy Old Guy

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5. Kingfishers are hard to capture.

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:38 AM

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They're incredibly fast. Great shot!

jfz9580m

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6. That fish seems less excited

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:53 AM

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About this turn of events. A nice change..

2naSalit

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7. This is one of the...

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:56 AM

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Very best pictures of a Kingfisher I have ever seen!

Spectacular!

highplainsdem

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8. Great photo!

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Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:21 PM

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I saw a kingfisher like that perched on the windowsill just outside my bedroom window one morning years ago. Really startled me - I'd never seen one so close, maybe 10 feet away - but there are lots of minnows in the small creek half a block away, and that creek has attracted other birds you'll find around water, including ducks and even egrets once. Also a bald eagle that first showed up, perching in an old tree leaning out over the creek, when it was still young and its head hadn't turned white yet.