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Megaceryle alcyon
Between an American Robin and a Blue Jay in size. Marked with blue-gray and white as shown, females with a rusty band across the belly.
Found this female downstream from dam for Pueblo Reservoir. It has clearly captured a fairly large fish.
Males lack the rusty markings.
Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Jan 29, 2013
3 Comments
Love these noisy little guys.
Awesome picture! Amazing that you can see the fish in its beak. This bird is also on my camera to-shoot list. Nice job.
Nice bird! Kingfisher (though probably not this species in this part of the world) is on my to-shoot (with a camera) list!