Kingfisher Emerging from Water by Kaye Menner
by Kaye Menner
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Kingfisher Emerging from Water by Kaye Menner
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Kingfishers live all over Australia, but predominantly in coastal regions. We have 10 native species, including the Kookaburra, which is the largest.
Kingfishers nest in tree hollows, in burrows in riverbanks and in termite nests. They feed on small animals, including fish, frogs, yabbies, snakes, insects and nestlings of other birds.
Cloaked in stunning green, blue, turquoise and orange plumage, some kingfishers were once in danger of being hunted to extinction for their feathers.
Despite their elaborate garb, these stocky birds are tough, and hunt by darting upon prey in a flash of colour from branches above the river or forest floor. The kingfisher’s heavy beak is the perfect tool for despatching victims quickly – they smack their hapless prey against tree branches before swallowing them whole.
A digital art creation by Kaye Menner and edited in Photoshop.
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January 19th, 2024
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