Phil Roberts was
birding at Sabkhat Al Fasl in early November and mentioned he had seen plenty
of Common Kingfishers and said he had taken a photo of one eating a fish. Phil
sent me a couple of the photos and has kindly allowed me to use them on my
website. He has captured the Kingfisher throwing the fish up to get it in a
better position to eat in one of the photos. The bird eating the fish is a
female as it has a red base to the bill whilst the bird with the completely
black bill is a male. Sabkhat Al Fasl is an excellent place to see Common
Kingfishers but they are not easy to photograph so Phil has done very well to
obtain these photos of the species particularly when you take the action into account.
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