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

[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.