Kingfisher Aloft

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie - Kingfisher getting ready to dive for prey in the Orlando Wetlands in central Florida.... more

by Dawn Currie

Title

Kingfisher Aloft

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie - Kingfisher getting ready to dive for prey in the Orlando Wetlands in central Florida.

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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon): With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher seems to have an air of self-importance as it patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy bill.

The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few bird species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male. These crested birds are blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band.

Belted Kingfishers wander widely, sometimes showing up in the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, the British Isles, the Azores, Iceland, Greenland, and the Netherlands.

They are very challenging to photography, darting back and forth over the water in search of their next meal. I found this female working the Orlando Wetlands in Christmas Florida.

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January 28th, 2014