ML646643716
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- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
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- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Perched, hovering and diving. This clip shows mind-blowing power dynamics of action of a Pied Kingfisher ... It rises up ... in the air ... hovers briefly ... dives down ... like a dart ... with break-neck speed ... Soon as it enters the water ... it realizes to have missed the target ... reversing immediately ... within a few milliseconds ... it emerges out of water ... with powerful wing beats ... heading toward its perch ... And while inflight ... flying back .. it performs another unbelievable action ... that of turning its head by 180 degrees ... to scan the sky for any raptors that might pounce upon it ... ... more than once ... A brief ... but simply mind-blowing revelation of the efficient and highly powerful system Nature has created ... Enjoy ... and meditate upon the conduit ... and connect ... ______________________ Pied Kingfisher Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 5 December 2025 9.33 am ... with Renu Tewari
Observation details
Perched, hovering and diving. This clip shows mind-blowing power dynamics of action of a Pied Kingfisher ... It rises up ... in the air ... hovers briefly ... dives down ... like a dart ... with break-neck speed ... Soon as it enters the water ... it realizes to have missed the target ... reversing immediately ... within a few milliseconds ... it emerges out of water ... with powerful wing beats ... heading toward its perch ... And while inflight ... flying back .. it performs another unbelievable action ... that of turning its head by 180 degrees ... to scan the sky for any raptors that might pounce upon it ... ... more than once ... A brief ... but simply mind-blowing revelation of the efficient and highly powerful system Nature has created ... Enjoy ... and meditate upon the conduit ... and connect ... ______________________ 9.33 am ... with Renu Tewari
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- Original file size
- 37.27 MB