The incredible quickness of the Kingfisher

Here above you can see a beautiful photo of a Common Kingfisher with its prey in the beak. Kingfishers are birds with incredible fishing skills that lives in the trees near rivers and lakes.

What makes this picture particularly interesting is the funny face of the poor mosquito fish that seems absolutely dazzled.. look on the right at its stupefied face!







The reason of the surprise in the face of the little prey could be the incredible speed of the attack of the Kingfisher that you can see in the sequence below.To understand the quickness of this manoeuvre keep in mind that a kingfisher can dive from the branch into the water, take the fish and come back on the branch in less than one second!