Belted Kingfisher in flight against amber autumn foliage

This is another Belted Kingfisher (female) image from my recently concluded Better than Bosque Workshop. There were great opportunities over the duck pond as they flew back & forth from a garbage can to a signpost.

Belted Kingfisher Flying (Megaceryle alcyon, Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique, BEKI) from my Better than Bosque workshop. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony Alpha Alpha 9 III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm ISO 16,000, f/8 @ 1/5,000s. Manual exposure.