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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
1) Pied Kigfisher Success

An African Pied Kingfisher had hovered over the river, then dropping without notice, disappeared under the water.... A split second or two later, it burst out of the water, carrying a small fish amidst a huge splash!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2024
Photo Location: On the Chobe River upstream from the small to0wn of Kasane, Botswana
Camera: ILCE-1
Copyright: © Tim Driman