The rattling call of a belted kingfisher in flight is a sound like no other. Often heard before seen, this kingfisher is the only widespread species over much of the continent north of our border with ...

Here and there, more and more, the blue and orange bird known as the belted kingfisher is starting to appear outside its normal habitat of lakefronts and riverbanks. It has become widespread around ...

One morning, as I am walking down the hill toward the marshy area on my road listening to the wonderful, behind-the-scenes chorus of the resident warblers — chestnut-sided, redstart, yellow, ...

Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 2006), pp. 258-270 (13 pages) We evaluated the influence of stream geomorphology and habitat quality on brood weight, ...

Belted kingfishers have always been one of Barb Rogers' favorite birds to photograph, probably because they are so vocal. People usually hear kingfishers' call before the birds are seen. They announce ...

Claim to fame: Belted kingfishers are conspicuous to birders and non-birders alike because of their crested head and because of their method of diving into the water after fish. In birding circles, it ...

Birdwatchers in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, are keeping their eyes on the sky for an unusual visitor: a belted kingfisher, making an appearance about 800 kilometres north of its normal habitat. Residents ...

In the bird world, the kingfisher is proof that it is possible to be conspicuous without being common. The kingfisher is big, bright and boisterous, and this combination makes it pretty much ...

My wife Laurie and I were recently escorted along the Black River Oxbow by a male Belted Kingfisher. As we paddled our tandem kayak quietly through the still water, he zig-zagged ahead of us ...