Fri
Feb 8 2008
12:36 pm
Friday Bird Blogging
By: R. Neal

My "pet" Kingfisher at Maxey's, last week. He/she (actually, there is a pair -- one was hunting in the other cove) seemed less skittish than usual. Click read more for larger view and some other pics...


Fresh catch...


Posing with catch


Just posing

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Pam Strickland's picture

Thank you. I really love the

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 12:41pm.

Thank you. I really love the bird pics you post. pgs

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

bizgrrl's picture

Very nice! I do love

Submitted by bizgrrl on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 12:49pm.

Very nice! I do love Maxey's. Just us and the fishermen.

rikki's picture

she

Submitted by rikki on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 2:01pm.

Adult males lack the chestnut band on the breast.

I love the shot of her hovering.

S Carpenter's picture

Fun Kingfisher Food

Submitted by S Carpenter on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 2:11pm.

Fun Kingfisher Food Fact:
These birds regularly toss their caught little fish up in the air above their heads. The fish will then fall head first into the birds open beak.

Quigley's picture

Mate for her

Submitted by Quigley (not verified) on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 4:23pm.

There's a male Kingfisher who visits our pond on E. Hendron Chapel. Maybe we could fix these two up.

Love the photos.

Holston River Guy's picture

Nice Shots

Submitted by Holston River Guy (not verified) on Fri, 2008/02/08 - 9:16pm.

Love Kingfishers. On the Holston close to where I live, you can't go 30 feet without seeing one, and that's a good thing. There are several Bald Eagles around everyday now as well. Thank goodness there are still plenty of fish with these guys around.

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