Male Belted Kingfisher - Photograph

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This is 1 of 2 posts of photographs that I took at Mill Hollow Park in Fairfield, CT this past week.

I finally got some in focus photographs of a Kingfisher! I have seen and heard this bird at this park almost every time I have visited it, but this is the first time he remained in the same spot long enough for me to get some good pictures of him. And after hearing his bird call in person, I am now also 99.9% sure there is another Belted Kingfisher living in the woods behind my house. (That one continues to elude me and my camera!)

Ken over at Rosyfinch Ramblings told me these birds won't necessarily migrate south for the Winter if they have access to open water, and that is the case, in January, for at least two Belted Kingfishers that are living here in coastal Fairfield County, Connecticut. The nights have been cold enough to form a thin layer of ice in places where the water remains relatively still, but solid ice doesn't start forming here until later in Winter. The river that runs through this park is relatively close to Long Island Sound, so it could be brackish, also.

The first photograph is my entry for the following:

Wild Bird Wednesday