There's nothing anyone could teach this kingfisher about hunting for food. The colourful bird caught up to 50 unsuspecting minnows a day, diving into the water and scooping them up with its ...
This kingfisher wasn't afraid of the freezing water as it dived through the ice to catch a fish for its dinner. The bird flapped its wings and hovered over the gap in the ice - and waited patiently ...
The Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher or the Ceylon Blue Kingfisher is a very stunning and colorful bird that can be found living in the thick, green rainforests of southwest India. Since it has such bright ...
The Guam kingfisher, or Sihek in CHamoru, is an iconic species of Guam, but can no longer be found there. Pictured here are Hinanao and his mate, Tutuhan, who came from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical ...
THE YARD HAD gone totally quiet. There wasn’t a breath of air. The 2017 eclipse was underway, and then a familiar sound was heard. A belted kingfisher made one pass over the yard, his call rattling ...
WASHINGTON — A female Guam kingfisher bird, a species so endangered that it’s completely extinct in the wild, hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia earlier this month.
Malachite kingfisher, Alcedo cristata, photographed in northern Namibia (Africa). Image: Richard Thomas/TRAFFIC, 12 December 2006 (with permission) [velociraptorize]. Nikon E4500 Question: This ...
A heartwarming video of a bird rescue is going viral on social media and the warmth from the video is all we need in this cold winter. Well, for us and for the bird. A beautiful, tiny Kingfisher ...
Like the now-dry pond named after it near the San Pedro River, the green kingfisher, once a popular attraction for birdwatchers there, is not doing well in Southern Arizona. Our region is one of only ...