Treetop Belted Kingfisher
by Carla Parris
Title
Treetop Belted Kingfisher
Artist
Carla Parris
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
A belted kingfisher is perched on a high branch of a tree in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Florida.
He is positioned in profile, silhouetted against a cloudless blue sky. His distinctive markings around his neck are highlighted here. He appears to have been fishing, as his feathers are slicked back on his head. His long, slender beak, which he uses for fishing, is also clearly visible.
This national park on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico has marshes where this fishing bird likes to hang out. His favorite perch is posts at the water's edge and water markers in the water, where he is very close to his swimming prey, but he periodically assumes a lookout post on the top of vegetation and trees.
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November 4th, 2017
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Don Columbus
Congratulations Carla, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Carla, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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