Photos - Kingfishers

[den]

I rescued these two sacred kingfisher chicks in January. They went on to someone who could care for them and were rehabbed to release. Which is nice.

Comments

[gatorofages.livejournal.com]

Neat birds !

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

What lovely colors, already. Kingfishers are among my favorite bird types.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Look at those tiny birds behind those great big beaks!:)

I've watched American Kingfishes fish for minnows, and the only way you can be sure they caught one is to see a bit of minnow tail outside beak's edge, through a pair of binoculars. How they see these tiny fish from a distance underneath the water of a rolling river has always fascinated me.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I love how they dive into the water and bounce out, without appearing to touch the water.

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[penpouring.livejournal.com]

Did you mean to type scared or sacred? Or both?

In Canada - we have the Belted King Fisher on our five dollar bill.

http://www.fotosearch.com/BDX217/bxp37837/

And of course = hockey on the other side!!!

http://www.fmtcanada.com/img/banff/fivedollarback.jpg

Re: ??

[eozarth.livejournal.com]

Sacred Kingfisher, the species. http://www.birdsoman.com/SacredKingfisher.htm

Yeah....

[penpouring.livejournal.com]

I got that - I was trying to be witty in suggesting that the little birdies may have been frightened too, considering their situation.

Thanx for the link!!

Re: Yeah....

[eozarth.livejournal.com]

Oh, oops, sorry for being dense XD

other side?

[annvole.livejournal.com]

those are the older (Kingfisher) and the newer (hockey) versions of the Canadian $5.
here are both sides of both those bills
http://merlin-works.com/uploaded_images/canadian5dollarbill-767053.jpg

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

No idea. They're just Sacred.