Grant Canterbury · @dendroica
156 followers · 529 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Koll Wetlands this afternoon - above, kingfishers sporting and rattling in the sky; strewn across the reflective pond surface, a score of sedate Pied-billed Grebes with a few of their young; rippling beneath the water and rolling to rise, a pair of river otters at play. After a rather antsy and restless afternoon, this helped.

#birding #oregon #beltedkingfisher #piedbilledgrebe

Last updated 1 year ago

· @alpha1beta
144 followers · 479 posts · Server libretweet.com

Both the male and female at our local park in a rare shit together.

#beltedkingfisher

Last updated 2 years ago

handmade ghost · @handmade_ghost
277 followers · 403 posts · Server mstdn.games

Whenever we have another winter storm warning just when it seemed like spring, I remember the seeming indignation of this queenfisher I spotted a couple of months ago*, diving down for a fish and finding ice. (Sound up to learn a little salty language in .)

*apologies if this is a repost; I can't find any record, but might have posted this to my old instance

#beltedkingfisher #kingfishers #oregon

Last updated 2 years ago

Killick · @killick
136 followers · 1708 posts · Server dmv.community

I spent half an hour trying to see the Belted Kingfisher near the dam at Lake Frank today, but I never even caught a glimpse. Later, at Redgate Park, I saw two. Unlike sparrows and warblers, it's hard to mistake a Belted Kingfisher for any other bird.

I made this photo collage with The GIMP

#moco #beltedkingfisher #bird #gimp

Last updated 2 years ago

a.m. radiofairyland · @handmade_ghost
88 followers · 310 posts · Server mastodon.lol

I know I shouldn't anthropomorphize birds, but listen (volume up) to this queenfisher's call as she swoops down to catch a fish and tell me you can't hear her indignant protests when she realizes the fish are trapped under the ice.

(sorry for the shakiness--I was basically using my camera as binoculars when I captured this 😅)

#beltedkingfisher #birds #icefishing #oregon

Last updated 2 years ago

a.m. radiofairyland · @handmade_ghost
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"As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;

As tumbled over rim in roundy wells

Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's

Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;

Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:

Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;

Selves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,

Crying What I do is me: for that I came."

--Gerard Manley Hopkins

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️♀️♂️ ⚧️

#birds #beltedkingfisher #poetry #transrights

Last updated 2 years ago

Parsingphase · @parsingphase
364 followers · 749 posts · Server m.phase.org

The ABA Bird of the Year, a female Belted Kingfisher, put on a good showing at Alewife Brook Reservation today, though backlighting was tricky.
800mm lens, cropped

#birds #birdphotography #birdoftheyear #beltedkingfisher

Last updated 2 years ago

Phil Gastwirth :imagination: · @PhilGastwirth
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NotoriousLIG · @NotoriousLIG
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NotoriousLIG · @NotoriousLIG
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Belted Kingfisher of Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

#california #wildlifephotography #birds #beltedkingfisher

Last updated 2 years ago

NotoriousLIG · @NotoriousLIG
6 followers · 16 posts · Server creativewriting.social

Belted Kingfisher at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

#wildlifephotography #california #birds #beltedkingfisher

Last updated 2 years ago

mylifeinrecords · @mylifeinrecords
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mylifeinrecords · @mylifeinrecords
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After a little reflection, I decided I wasn’t happy with the quality of the last run of prints and redid them with an oil based ink this time. I’m much happier with the results! I might use a little watercolor and put some orange on each chest

#beltedkingfisher #printmaking #craftsposure #linocut #art #linoprint #linoprinting #linoleum #printmaker #handmadeprint

Last updated 2 years ago

a.m. radiofairyland · @handmade_ghost
16 followers · 56 posts · Server mastodon.lol

I usually hear the belted kingfisher before I spot them. Their call is such a wildly eldritch, rattling laughter. They sound like they *know* things. I love to watch them study the water with their almost dancing resolution, suddenly diving headfirst, then emerging with their prize.

Sometimes I wonder if the kingfishers aren't really the sybilline butlers of the fairy kingdom, haunting the wetland portals to the other worlds.

#beltedkingfisher #birding #birds #amateurphotography #fairyland

Last updated 2 years ago

a.m. radiofairyland · @handmade_ghost
49 followers · 123 posts · Server mastodon.lol

I usually hear the belted kingfisher before I spot them. Their call is such a wildly eldritch, rattling laughter. They sound like they *know* things. I love to watch them study the water with their almost dancing resolution, suddenly diving headfirst, then emerging with their prize.

Sometimes I wonder if the kingfishers aren't really the sybilline butlers of the fairy kingdom, haunting the wetland portals to the other worlds.

#beltedkingfisher #birding #birds #amateurphotography #fairyland

Last updated 2 years ago

mylifeinrecords · @mylifeinrecords
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mylifeinrecords · @mylifeinrecords
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Preparatory sketch for my January Print of the Month! Belted Kingfishers live along Illinois Rivers and the females show their UIUC orange and blue pride!

#beltedkingfisher #art #drawing

Last updated 2 years ago