20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Mid-Air Combat

I saw a juvenile kingfisher sitting on a small perch near a water body. I waited for almost 45 min for this bird to dive and bring something out of water. After all the wait it flew away and I realized that it was chasing another kingfisher that had just caught a lizard. After the chase a Mid-Air Combat happened to snatch the lizard. In the picture you can see the lizard being held by both the birds in their beaks.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2022
Photo Location: Chandigarh, India
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Anuj Jain