King Fishers

Common Kingfisher or Small Blue Kingfisher , Lake Near Singasandra, Jan'14

Kingfishers always will be on the top if we take the list of most beautiful birds in the world, Bangalore area we can find common kingfishers , White throated Kingfishers and Pied kingfishers, from my experiecne white throated kingfishers have the higher population compared to common kingfishers , Pied kingfisher's population is even less and they often see near the lakes which are situated the outskirts of Bangalore city. Many other types are found in the west cost and the east cost of India , Oriental dwarf kingfishers, Blue eared Kingfishers, Stork Billed kingfishers, Black Capped kingfishers, Collared Kingfishers in which Oriental dwarf Kingfishers are my personal favorites and I wish if I have time to go to Goa cost to take a good photo of those.

 White Throated Kingfisher ,Taken near Neeladri Nagar, Electronic city April'14

Pied Kingfisher, Taken at Gulakamale Lake , Near Bannarghatta Park , April'14 

The specialty of pied kingfisher is that They don't need any perch to sit and watch the fishes , they hover in the sky  above the lake or river and got a great eye sight to see the fishes under the water. Photography of kingfishers are very easy as they will perch on the same place for a long time and normally you will get a bokeh as they also want one side of their perch empty to watch the prey.