{"id":10459,"date":"2019-09-15T07:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=10459"},"modified":"2019-09-13T19:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T07:49:41","slug":"little-waihi-kingfishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10459","title":{"rendered":"Little Waihi Kingfishers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7349-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7349-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7349-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7349-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Kingfisher returning to his hunting perch with a juvenile Flounder.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After my recent posts featuring Kingfishers from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tawharanui (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2019\/08\/tawharanui-kingfisher\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tawharanui<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Whangateau (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2019\/08\/whangateau-kingfishers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Whangateau<\/a>, I thought I would share a more local venue that I like to visit for Kingfishers in the winter. Little Waihi is a relatively short trip from home and is an ideal spot to watch winter Kingfishers hunting for crabs and juvenile flounder as the tide recedes over the mudflats.&nbsp;I have previously shared some images from this venue in my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2017\/08\/sacred-kingfisher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sacred Kingfishers (opens in a new tab)\">Sacred Kingfishers<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7351-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7351-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7351-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7351-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>About to land for a fish dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few rocks that the birds use as hunting perches but I added a stick perch into the mud before setting up my chair hide. My hope was that the birds would use the higher vantage point to gain a wider view over the flats and give me a chance to photograph them against a cleaner more distant background.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7016-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7016-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7016-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7016-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7016-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>More comfortable to swallow than a spiky crab.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On this occasion my plan didn\u2019t work. The Kingfishers seemed creatures of habit well accustomed to their rock perches and completely ignored my branch carefully set to achieve a nice background. I managed a number of shots of birds retrieving crabs and flounder, dismembering crabs and swallowing prey but nothing really exciting due to the busy background of mudflat.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On departing we found a dead pine tree standing at the edge of the water, which despite being completely unphotogenic, was hosting 3 kingfishers. Using my vehicle as a hide we approached slowly and I managed to get a sequence of a Kingfisher flying back to perch with a captured crab. It then dismembered and swallowed the crab but it was only the photos without the messy perch that were worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7485-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7485-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7485-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Kingfisher-D85_7485-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Kingfisher returns to his tree perch with a crab.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos with Nikon D850, Nikon 500mm f4VR lens with TC14  1.4x teleconverter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my recent posts featuring Kingfishers from Tawharanui and Whangateau, I thought I would share a more local venue that I like to visit for Kingfishers in the winter. 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