The female Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) was tick-purring at Valley Water again recently. This time I got some better photos and got to listen to her for some minutes.
(Long-time readers may recognize the hedgehog galls glimpsed on the leaves of this oak, and also that the tree has gotten a bit taller in four years.)
She also favored the ornamental cherries and the young Tuliptree stationed around the water like sentinels. I watched her make one dive into the water, an unsuccessful attack. She chortle-burbled up to a tree after that.
Some hand-held motion picture action:
I’m glad I’m not a fish.
Backyard and Beyond 
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