Fight to the death

We watched two fighting kingfishers. On googling their behaviour apparently young females will fight to the death to claim their territory. Not the best detail but when overwhelmed by witnessing this taking the photo is secondary.

[Renee Salamon]

Wow, they look fearsome

[JackieR]

Oh my goodness, so well caught. It was certainly an exciting scene to witness

[Nina Ganci]

wow! An amazing sequence, and to witness this, must be breathtaking indeed.
well done
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[Cazzi]

How spectacular to see this. I hope they both lived to see another day though.

[Mags]

Wonderful captures!

[Diana]

That must have been so amazing to experience and see.

[Bill]

A sad but amazing scene. Very well caught.

[katy]

Amazing action! Putting it in a collage was brilliant to show us the progression

[Kartia]

I never knew this either! Very well presented to tell the story.

[Kathy]

Amazing captures. Did one o hem win?

[JudyG]

Amazing scene

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Wonderful scene to witness

[Carole Sandford]

I didn’t know they were so violent! Great captures of the ensuing battle.

[LManning (Laura)]

That must have been quite the experience!

[Shutterbug]

Terrific spotting.

[Casablanca]

That must have been fascinating to watch

[Petespost]

Awesome, glad you had your camera with you

[Pam]

Wow! How awesome to have seen this! Great collage!

[Delwyn Barnett]

That is incredible!

[Mark Prince]

Oh, awesome. I have seen and photographed them doing this before. I will have to dig out the photographs again. During the action I saw, they were on two branches, one above each other. As the lower one fly up, the upper bird managed to catch its head in it beak and just held on. They were like that for a while, just hanging as one unit. The lower one eventually stopped wriggling, realising it was stuck. Then the upper bird calmly released its grip on the branch and they both plunged under water and stayed under for what seemed like ages. Eventually both birds finally resurfaced and flew off in different directions.
Like you it was amazing to watch.

[summerfield]

i thought i had commented on this already. i must've have forgot to click on the post comment thingie. 😂 what an awesome scene to have captured. aces!