Meant to say last week that your bird knowledge is second to none. I started out as a birdwatcher before I became a photographer. And the advantage it gives you knowing your subjects is invaluable. Brilliant vlog mike 👏
Kingfishers flying back and forth at a local steam are like lightening strikes you know they are coming but shock me every time they appear a terrific bird. Thank you for your excellent videos and sharing your knowledge in such detail on Kingfishers, for me they are very interesting and helpful as always. .
As always Mike, thank you for another interesting video. If you have time, could you let me know what tripod, hide and camera equipment you are using there, especially the tripod, tripod head, camera and lens you prefer. Thank you.
Mike you are really outstanding on YT, showing the most expertise in bird photography. You are my goto channel if I am looking for something practical and easy to setup. Thanks a lot for your useful contributions on YT.
Hi Mike, its a pleasure whatching your videos every saturday morning, thanks for putting them up!. You knoledge about birds and how to photograph them is realy outstanding, thanks for sharing!
Hello. I'm a new friend here from Singapore. Thank you so much for sharing the tips on photographing the kingfisher. It's beneficial. Big LIKE. Have a nice day and happy birding.👍🔔
Great video Mike, thank you for sharing your knowledge about bird photograpy with us. I've had the pleasure of photographing kingfishers and it is always a pleasure to see them. Unfortunately there are few kingfishers in Norway, but I'm lucky to live in an area where they have been regurlarly in many years.
You are a legend for beginners like us.. Just one question , can we expect them to visit again once they have gone.? Or I should just come on another day.
If they catch fish they will more likely return. In the film I say that the spot I chose had no fish, so less likely the bird will spend time there. If I chose the waters edge where there were fish it was a poor background and difficult to access.
Hello Mike and thanks for the great video. In the last few days I have observed two Kingfisher here and was able to take the first photos and videos. What is the exact name of the very comfortable hide. I currently have the Buteo mark II, but it's a bit tight. Best regards and all the best. Karl-Heinz
The big hide was unbranded. I imported 200 of them from China to sell. It was not a great success so not repeated. There are similiar hides on Ebay or the two man Buteo hides are better designed.
Sehr spannend! Ich werde es morgen sofort ausprobieren und bin gespannt, ob es funktioniert. Gerne nehme ich mir auch etwas mehr Zeit :) Vielen Dank für dass tolle Video zum Thema: Hier mein Instagram, falls es funktioniert: instagram.com/mybirdgallery/
Uhm… nope they are bloody difficult to photograph.. because they are not easy to locate (at least not in North Germany). I takes really ages to find a location. when they cannot hide anymore… yes. It is the first step. Most local birds are far easy to track down. Took me years to find a location….
We never previously saw them on our stream in December before, but this year a female visits regularly. I think climate change and the warmer temperatures have delayed the exodus to the coast. You're No.1 when it comes to informative and simple videos
Great video Mike! I will try this trick soon. We have lots of kingfishers over here in the Netherlands. About the gh6: great all purpose cam, but I find the video a bit too sharpened, making it look like "video" rather than cinema if you know what I mean. I prefer my zcam, but that thing is heavy and lacks ibis and autofocus. There's always a catch!
Same here in the middle of California. Belted Kingfishers are wary of people. Setting up a hide to shoot in is also an anomaly worth a visit from the police. LOL
No brand. I had a large batch made up in China and imported them. Long since sold out, but is was not a great financial success and I have not repeated it. Similar ones show up on Ebay from time to time.
Last year, my first year of bird photography, I would be apalled if someone told me it's easy to photograph kingfishers - it was so hard for me to get my first decent shot. But now after hundreds of kingy shots, and especially in comparison with truly elusive species like snipes, water rails etc. I would totally agree -- kingies are easy to photograph once you realize how hard it is to photograph some of those other species.
Hi Lucie, I don't think you watched the film. I stress in the film that a new perch is a magnet for a kingfisher as it can fish over a bit of water it could not cover before. Put the perch out the day before and it will land and you will not be there. If it does not catch a fish the perch is less attractive next day and the chance of it landing far less. Has to be new.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks Mike. I did watch the video. I missed that bit of info i guess because I was watching without sound, reading subtitles. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
Mike great stuff. I will try this next time I am out. Thou cant believe you got that close. My area those birds are EXTREMELY shy for some reason. I will give it a shot much thanks.
Excellent work Mike there should be a thousand new perches by river banks up and down the land now! Awesome ! Tremendous knowledge of the species and habitat 👍
Nice video, thank You for sharing Your experiences :) It's my first year photographing birds. Getting a photo of a kingfisher was high in my "must have" list. After finding a nest in the spring I watched them about a month until baby-kingfishers came out from the nest and all of them flew away few days later. My experience was quite opposite - they were very shy. I did not use photo blind but ghillie suit. Biggest minus about the suit - they can see your hands moving. A lot more success was with ghillie blanket where I could hide my hands. Second thing - I was hoping that "they can't resist a new perch," but they never flew on perches I installed. Possibly because river bank had so many natural perches? Next spring I'm gonna try the hide.
Hey Mike! Fantastic good videos you make. I tried your tip to day, about putting up a new sitting branch, it took 20 minutes then the kingfisher came and sat on the branch. The kingfisher chose the newly installed branch. Thanks for the tip.
Great stuff Mike, you make it look too easy lol. With regards to their attraction to a new perch - that explains why most anglers I speak to at our local pond say the kingy lands on their rod after a while, makes total sense. (Furnace pond in Horsmonden where I spoke to you when you were down for the Osprey in 2017).
Hi Mike. Really good video as usual. I visit a place where I do see Kingfishers on an almost daily basis, but I've never been able to get close enough to photograph them properly. Obviously I've been doing it all wrong! I didn't realise I could just set up a perch like you have! I'm going to give it a go! Cheers.
Great video as usual Mike, I have to say that you make it look very easy but obviously your in depth knowledge of your subjects helps massively with that. Quick question if I may, did you refer to the metal support as a road spike? I did a quick search on eBay and couldn't find any, just came up with spikes like the stingers used by the police
I typed Road spike into Google and got this. premierbarriers.co.uk/steel-fencing-pins-road-pins-8mm.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAvK2bBhB8EiwAZUbP1JyulAuk_veysH-5IrjbjwqHQMbqFN0OUuz-3m92kIDl7zBb6s_MohoCPVUQAvD_BwE On Ebay search for 314079637844
Superb Mike followed your advice last time using this method , it amazes me some days it was 30 second after getting in the hide and camera wasn’t even switched on. Some days I’ve waited 6 hours but straight to the new perch when it turned up👍👍
I have a Kingfisher at my favorite river spot. He dives from branches 5 meters over the water or from 30cm high weeds. So I dont think the height of the perch matters.
Mike, your knowledge of bird behaviour is very impressive indeed. The photographs and video were also equally impressive - a very enjoyable 10 minutes. Keep up the good work. Alun
