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Belted Kingfisher | 5 Facts + Call/Rattle/Sounds

The Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) native to North America, is one of the most widespread land-birds in North America and throughout my life I have seen them on a regular basis, but to capture a good photo of them has been a 40+ year quest!! That quest ended on June 28, 2023, when I not only captured one, but discovered where it was nesting and was able to watch it bring food to its nest mate.

1. Belted Kingfishers live mostly on a diet of fish, but will also eat crayfish and may eat other crustaceans, mollusks, insects, amphibians, reptiles, young birds, small mammals, and even berries
2. The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few bird species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male.
3. Belted Kingfishers excavate burrows in earthen banks, usually avoiding ones with vegetation (especially trees, whose roots get in the way of digging). Throughout the breeding season a layer of undigested fish bones, fish scales, and arthropod exoskeletons may accumulate in the nest providing some insulation for nestlings.
4. Belted kingfishers sometimes have swallows sharing their tunnels, which dig out small rooms in the tunnel walls.
5. A small group of belted kingfishers is known as a rattle, concentration, or kerfuffle.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Close-up
0:17 Fly away
0:21 Bringing home the bacon (crayfish)
0:28 Close-up with crayfish
0:36 Female in nest
0:42 Swallow checking out nest
0:47 Slow motion fly-away
0:53 Slow motion fly-in
1:05 Close-up looking for hawks
1:12 Goodbye




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