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Bird Watcher's Digest

This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

August 22, 2012
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

I heard the wonderful, wild rattle of a belted kingfisher before I edged around the cottonwood saplings and saw her perched at the edge of the pond. You can see her beak part slightly as she calls out her beware! to fish or perhaps just her delight in the day.

Belted Kingfisher
Photo copyright 2012 Michael and Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

Chickadee on hand

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