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Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Description:

bird with a long beak and a mohawk that dives into the water for fish

Habitat:

wooded river area

Notes:

she must have been hungry to let me watch her fish, its pretty hard to get close to these birds

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6 Comments

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

edited

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

thanks :)

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 11 years ago

Great spotting, really cool to watch a pro fisher catching her lunch! Though I also can't load the 4th picture, I'd suggest maybe removing it from the spotting, and trying to reupload it? Lovely series, and neat video!

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Thanks for such a well documented spotting. Great photos.

EricEllison
EricEllison 11 years ago

Ah thx

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice series and thanks for adding the video. It seems the fourth photo didn't upload properly.

antimatterhands
Spotted by
antimatterhands

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Jul 13, 2012
Submitted on Jul 13, 2012

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