It is quite interesting to watch this small and colourful King Fisher, which breeds during monsoon season in this part of the country. Their nest is basically a hole or cavity made in the vertical steep bank of jungle stream. Once the eggs are hatched, both male and female ODKF get busy with the job of feeding their chicks. Their chicks seem to be voracious eaters and guzzle down their throat whatever is made available to them i.e. gluttony by design. As a result male and female birds make regular sorties to hunt for the prey in the forest and come back regularly after every 15 to 20 minutes with a prey in their beak to feed their chicks. As you can see from the photographs some of their prey are much larger in size. During monsoon, the forest generally teems with life, resulting in good availability of prey. These birds fly very fast. Before entering the nest the bird generally sits for a few seconds on a perch giving good view of the nest and move in to the nest only if it feels safe. The opportunity to photograph ODKF arises when they rest on the perch for few seconds.
