Kingfishers are really fun birds with a cool look (their crown kind of comes across as a bird mohawk) and the opportunity to get great shots of it fishing, either as it dives or as it flies off with its catch. They aren’t afraid to catch fish bigger than they are, though I haven’t gotten the chance to see how they handle that. But I’ve seen how, when they spot a fish, they’re fast and they’re accurate. So are airplane pilots, but this kingfisher isn’t impressed with everything a pilot does that goes into an approach to O’Hare.

December 7, 2019. Cropped from a larger image. Nikon D7100 (DX sensor), Tamron 100–400mm lens at 400mm (35mm equivalent: 600mm), f/11, 1/1,000, ISO 800.