This image of a Belted Kingfisher is another early record, 20 April 2019, from when we first moved to Olympia. We found it at Woodard Bay Conservation Area. Kingfishers breed across much of the United States and Canada. Some winter wherever water does not freeze, but most migrate, even as far south as northern South America. Despite this wide range, few biological studies are published on the species. Kingfishers specialize on fish, but will also take other aquatic creatures. What birds can’t digest is regurgitated in pellets, making tallies of food items relatively easy to catalog (Kelly and Hamas 2009).
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