Fresh catch .. very fresh catch! (Belted Kingfisher)

[Bo Zarts]

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Texas Gulf Coast - February 2026
©2026 Bo Zarts Studio

[enough]

1. Two eyes........

[RainCaster]

2. fresh out of the water

Great timing on that shot.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Great catch! For both you and the Belted Kingfisher! It's a great shot. Thanks, dear Bo!

[moonshinegnomie]

4. great shot

i went down there a few years ago to capture whooping cranes

[Grumpy Old Guy]

5. Kingfishers are hard to capture.

They're incredibly fast. Great shot!

[jfz9580m]

6. That fish seems less excited

About this turn of events. A nice change..

[2naSalit]

7. This is one of the...

Very best pictures of a Kingfisher I have ever seen!

Spectacular!

[highplainsdem]

8. Great photo!

I saw a kingfisher like that perched on the windowsill just outside my bedroom window one morning years ago. Really startled me - I'd never seen one so close, maybe 10 feet away - but there are lots of minnows in the small creek half a block away, and that creek has attracted other birds you'll find around water, including ducks and even egrets once. Also a bald eagle that first showed up, perching in an old tree leaning out over the creek, when it was still young and its head hadn't turned white yet.

[Auggie]

9. Anyone else imagine a mini T-Rex in that bird's expression?

[Bo Zarts]

10. With that hair and those crazed eyes, I could call him ... Pete Hegseth!

But actually, this was a very chill kingfisher. So chill that we called him "Buddy."

[Auggie]

11. LOL

Beautifully-crafted photo, BTW. Exposure, light, focus, and (I guess), patience!