Since I, like many other bird photographers, am fascinated by the Coraciiformes (kingfishers,bee-eaters, rollers and the like), one of my "target birds" in northern India was this Stork-billed Kingfisher. We spotted it in a bush near water in Corbett National Park. I knew its name, but when I saw it I was struck by the fact that the bill really looked like that of a (White) stork! We saw the species a few more times on the trip, but this first encounter was special. The Stork-billed kingfisher subsits mainly on fish, but also on crabs and other crustaceans. It sometimes supplements with frogs, lizards, rodents, insects and even nestlings.