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Bird Battle: Belted Kingfisher vs. Merlin

By Mia McPherson|October 13th, 2023|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Merlins, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, aggressive behavior, alpine, autumn, bathed, bathing, behavior, Belted Kingfisher, bothering, canyon, creek, dive-bombed, drinking, falcon, falcons, fall, harassed, interaction, kingfisher, kingfishers, male, Megaceryle alcyon, Merlin, merlins, mountains, predator, prey, riparian habitat, water|

Little did I know that on my last trip up into the Wasatch Mountains, that I would witness a battle between a Belted Kingfisher and my first-of-season Merlin.

Green Heron reacts to a Broad-winged Hawk

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, behavior, Broad-winged Hawk, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, heron, herons, maple swamp, perched, predator, reacting, reacts, swamp, wading birds, wetlands|

One morning in 2008 I photographed this Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida as it perched and preened on broken branch that was laying in the water.