Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Fresh fish


This shot made my day today, maybe even my month. I've mentioned that I've seen and heard Belted Kingfishers, usually a pair, around the marsh recently, but have had the darnedest time getting a decent shot of one. This morning I spotted this one when it landed on a tree limb, and was able to get off several shots before it flew off. It wasn't until I enlarged the photo that I saw she (the rust color means it's a female) had a fish in her beak! I knew there were stickleback fish in the marsh, and there may be killifish (both small fish up to 8 cm long), but obviously there must be enough to warrant the presence of two kingfishers (the second may be a juvenile), and the 25 to 30 cormorants that are now on the marsh.

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