Megaceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfishers have powdery blue-gray plumage, dark eyes, tiny legs and feet, large heads with shaggy crests and long, sharp bills.
Title: Belted Kingfisher male about to eat a fish
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher with a fish being bothered by a swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher with a trout
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher shaking his head
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher being dive bombed by a swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher on alert
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher close up with prey
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2020
Title: Belted Kingfisher juvenile keeping an eye on a swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher perched on a stump
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher being agitated by a Barn Swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Agitated juvenile Belted Kingfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Belted Kingfisher juvenile perched on a bare branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Wary immature Belted Kingfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Defensive juvenile Belted Kingfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Barn Swallow diving at a juvenile Belted Kingfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher being dive bombed by an adult Barn Swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher in a defensive posture
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Perky juvenile Belted Kingfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Immature Belted Kingfisher with a spider web on its face
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020 […]
Title: Immature Belted Kingfisher and a spider web close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher begging for prey from the adult male
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2020
Title: Defensive Belted Kingfisher male from the front
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2020
Title: Belted Kingfisher male watching a swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2020
Title: Back view of a defensive Belted Kingfisher male
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/8/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher watching over his young
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/2/2020
Title: Immature Belted Kingfisher looking up towards the sky
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/2/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher getting ready to lift off
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/2/2020
Title: Juvenile Belted Kingfisher perched across a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/2/2020