Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF-S 55-250 mm IS II, 1/250s, f/5.6, ISO: 100

This is easily the best picture I've ever taken of a kingfisher.  These birds just don't like posing for me.  This one was different, for some reason.  I was driving home from work early on New Year's Eve and I saw him/her on this piling out in the estuary.  I had me camera with me because I'd taken pictures there on my way to work.  I got this shot from my car through the passenger window.  Not a bad way to end the year.