Photofacts author Harry Kiewiet
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Harry Kiewiet | 16 articles Harry is een selfmade vogelfotograaf. Hij is coördinator van de ijsvogelwerkgroep en vrijwilliger in de weidevogelwerkgroep van natuur- en milieuvereniging 'Het Stroomdal' in Drenthe. Hij wil graag in zijn artikelen met tips & tricks laten zien hoe zijn foto's tot stand zijn gekomen. |
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Capturing a kingfisher's dive6,824 views
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Kingfisher in flight6,540 views
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Kingfisher grooming sessions6,435 views
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Start of a new kingfisher season
| Harry Kiewiet | 6,656 views | 0 commentsIt will all start again in a few months. I am already clearing up the sites. One site is now completely finished and looks perfect.
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Kingfishers in flight with fish
| Harry Kiewiet | 6,971 views | 3 commentsIn this article, some photos of a kingfisher in flight with fish. The photos were taken in June this year. I used a 600mm lens to capture the kingfishers like this.
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Kingfisher flight moments captured
| Harry Kiewiet | 4,972 views | 0 commentsThis article features several photographs of kingfisher flight moments from a very large collection from May 2019. These photographs are not easy to take. You have to keep watching one spot as the bird flies in. Blink once and your moment is gone...
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Territorial threat in kingfishers
| Harry Kiewiet | 4,793 views | 0 commentsThe kingfisher lives mainly alone, in pairs during the breeding season. The pair is strongly territorial and does not tolerate other kingfishers in its territory. When there is an intruder, the kingfisher sitting on the perch adopts a threatening posture and decides to drive the intruder away.
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Young kingfishers
| Harry Kiewiet | 7,519 views | 1 commentThis article features some photos of a young kingfisher just after it had left the nest tunnel. Usually, a few sit on the branch, and if you're lucky there are three or four together.
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The average by-catch at a kingfisher site
| Harry Kiewiet | 5,590 views | 0 commentsIt is still great fun to photograph other birds that forage at kingfisher sites, as well as kingfishers. They are a lovely bonus and keep my bird collection nicely varied. This short article features several 'by-catch photos', with a description of each bird.
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Kingfisher: Threat
| Harry Kiewiet | 5,084 views | 0 commentsThe kingfisher lives mainly alone outside the breeding season and in pairs during the breeding season. The pair is highly territorial and tolerates no intruders. An intruder is chased away while the kingfisher makes loud calls.
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Kingfisher with a pellet
| Harry Kiewiet | 5,136 views | 0 commentsThe kingfisher swallows its prey whole, head first. After retching several times, indigestible bones and scales are regurgitated as a small oval pellet.
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