Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher Small feet, very large head, the Belted Kingfisher stands out. How it came by the name is easy to see.

Belted Kingfisher It is also aggressive and frequently chatters loudly, audible from a long way off.

Belted Kingfisher In flight, the Belted Kingfisher looks much different.

Belted Kingfisher A graceful flair of the wings as it moves over the pond in search of food.

Great Blue Heron The Great Blue Heron fishing in shallow water.

Great Blue Heron Like most herons, it looks like it belongs about sixty-five million years ago.

Green Heron The Green Heron launches from a perch with a squawk.

Green Heron From all the feather tufts on the top of the head, this marks this Green Heron as a first year youngster.

Green Heron From the back, the juvenile Green Heron appears downright spiky.

Green Heron Another shape as it squats down, showing its colors.

Green Heron Graceful in flight, with short, strong strokes.

Green Heron Perfect alignment.

Wood Duck A young Wood Duck with a drop of water on the end of its bill.

American Robin The ever present and talkative American Robin.

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Sandhill Crane Early Week Four

Sandhill Crane Strolling together in search of every kind of food.

Sandhill Crane Red berries. The parent has already shown how.

Sandhill Crane So, the parent eats one.

Sandhill Crane While below, the youngster also digs in.

Sandhill Crane At one point the other parent ran and flapped its wings. Seeing this, the youngster chased after, doing exactly the same.

Sandhill Crane Catch of the day.  A mouse or a vole. Dead with one stab from the parent.

Sandhill Crane However, time to learn about something else that can be eaten.

Sandhill Crane The parent did a long job of tenderizing the kill while someone looked on intently.

Sandhill Crane A bit puzzled by this new food.

Sandhill Crane More tenderizing and demonstrations on how to do it.

Sandhill Crane Several times the parent offered the mouse to the youngster.

Sandhill Crane Now and then a piece of food from it was fed to the youngster. All are studying it in the grass here.

Sandhill Crane Eating some of the catch, but still uncertain. Berries and worms might be better.

Sandhill Crane Finally, a tentative stab and shake.

Sandhill Crane Another piece of the catch offered and accepted.

Sandhill Crane Enough of that, the youngster walked off while the parent swallowed the mouse whole.

Sandhill Crane Back to bugs and berries.

Sandhill Crane One good leg stretch while picking bugs off a bush.

Sandhill Crane Continuing with the search for bugs in the bush.

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