The Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a good luck charm for anglers, most often observed along wooded streams. When you see one of these distinctive birds perched on a snag, or flying overhead, ...

Belted kingfishers are busy birds. They spend a good part of their day pursuing food. Small fish, dragonfly larvae and water bugs are fair game for these year-round residents of Central Florida. I’ve ...

The April morning is clear, calm and chilly as I step outside. We have a temperature of about freezing. I expect it to warm up in the afternoon. Most of the snowpack is melting, but there are still ...

The Belted Kingfisher is perhaps one of the smallest (13 inches in length) resident fishers in our region. They may be found perched in trees and brush along the edges of bodies of water such as ponds ...

Birdwatchers have been left 'shaking with excitement' after seeing a rare bird that has been spotted for only the fourth time in the UK in more than a century. Twitchers have been wading into the ...

A bird noise that I heard several times over the past few weeks as I did morning barn chores got me thinking about the kingfisher. I have not seen one in quite a while. The kingfisher ranks as one of ...