Diving for a snack |
Once again I headed out toward the shoreline of one of the many bodies of water here in the Kawarthas.
My plan was to photograph some of the ducks that pass through our area at this time of year, but shortly after reaching the shoreline I got waylaid by a familiar belted kingfisher. This kingfisher had just returned from its winter vacation down south, to the exact same cove and branches that it had left from in the fall.
It always amazes me how these birds can do that. On this morning she was very active. She was moving from tree to tree, always picking perches that gave her a good vantage point to scan the water for just about any small tidbit that would fit in her mouth. Belted kingfishers will eat small fish, frogs, crayfish or a........