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    Another King Fisher Capture, taken at Dinton Pasture, not my best but I'm practising for later.
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    Not a bad one Alan, which perch was this one? Went there yesterday, but only saw the Kingfisher flash past a couple of times.
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    By the way I'm told this is a female, my earlier pic had both m & f. I was told females have rust under their beak, perhaps Rolf would know?
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    Teal hide as before, we repositioned and cleaned up the perches.
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    The rust on the lower bill is quite distinctive, not sure there's any showing on your picture above Alan.
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    Definitly Rust on prevoius pics I posted, though this was same bird, but not sure.
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    This was the previous shot rust is evident in higher resolution on my computer
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    These capture are really good Alan
    We have a a kingfishers here . The female has red under the beak and looks like she is wearing lipstick.
    Here is one of them eating his fish
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    Very nice . I can never get near enough

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