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Belted Kingfisher
Belt, cinch, get it?! Anyway, this bird is so cool! This one’s a female. The male doesn’t have the brown making the Belted Kingfisher one of the rare bird species where the female is more colorful than the male. Go Belted Queenfisher!
I saw this one swoop down into the water and catch a fish, first attempt, no problem. She will eat this rather large (for her) fish whole after she makes sure it is dead by beating it a bunch of time like this. I hate it when my food is still squirming around in my gullet too!
After she is finished digesting what she can, she will regurgitate a pellet of bones, etc. Owls do this too. Pretty gross, huh?! Except what else can you do when you don’t have teeth!
Love it. I am amazed at the variety of birds you seem to have in your neck of the woods. They are all so colorful!
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I bet you see great ones too!
Well she’s pretty .. however, poor little fish!
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Great photos! I’m glad I don’t have to eat this way!
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It would make me gag!
I remember dissecting owl pellets in junior high school. Totally amazing!
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Must be fascinating!
awww i never saw a pic of a cinch before. it’s so cute. i love the different colors of feathers on it’s belly. it looks so soft too! great photo girlfriend!
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I love your bird posts. I learn so much! I had no idea they make that bone gullet thing like owls or that the female is more colorful than the male! Loved learning this!
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I like birds!