RE: Feathered Friday - Belted Kingfisher

[joanstewart]

Kingfisher has a definite look, this a first to see from your region, capturing them catching fish always entertaining to watch diving the waterways.

Having coyote around should keep the rodent population down hopefully not too many peoples pet cats.

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[sketch.and.jam]

If its shaped like a kookabura its a type of kingfisher, big head little body and a spike hairdoo lol. Hopfully it will stick around and let me discover where its burrow is for some better shots.

That coyote was almost as big as a German shepherd.

[joanstewart]

Our garden kingfisher the only one that does not fish, pretty little bugger who is keenly aware of being photographed too. Would imagine your coyote is similar size to our black backed jackal, not match against big cats.

[sketch.and.jam]

Is the garden kingfisher the one that is blue with the black wing? The coyotes is roughly the size of a German shepherd smaller than a wolf but bigger than a red fox quite the omnivore compared to wolves.

[joanstewart]

The brown-hooded kingfisher is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It has a brown head and blackish and turquoise wings. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, scrubland, forest edges, and also suburban areas.

We don't have wolves or coyotes, Cape Fox & Bat-eared Fox, the jackal is bigger, only ever seen one jackal on the move and one bat-eared fox in my life, so you are fortunate with wildlife close to you.

The black-backed jackal is a medium-sized canine native to eastern and southern Africa. These regions are separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

[sketch.and.jam]

Wow that's quite a fancy looking kingfisher. All of them are quite uniquely colored and have some kind of blue hue to them.