Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Fishy Indigestibles

A pellet of fish tiny fish bones. (1924 silver dollar is 1.5″ in diameter.)
There were a few on this bench, the same location I found some a few years ago.
Not much mystery here: a male Belted Kingfisher has been snapping up tiny fish here, off and on, for weeks.
Check out also the white wash on the branches beneath him. A busy, energetic, noisy specimen.
With one of the wee wigglers in his bill.

2 responses to “Fishy Indigestibles”

  1. Lovely photos of one of my favorite birds, the Kingfisher. You’ve caught their markings beautifully.📸

  2. […] Other birds produce pellets: raptors, gulls, corvids, cormorants, kingfishers. […]

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