Blows my mind that these are a close relative of kingfishers, clearly the extrovert of the family group.
Taken with my xh2s and Tamron 150-500mm, fair bit of post processing to deal with the bars as best I can. I can normally punch through them with a long enough lens but these were pretty tightly spaced. :::


Isn’t saying talkative redundant with these birds? Lol
It was pretty quiet till it saw the camera, the little show off
Hahahahah, that’s awesome