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attract attention first. Wildlife photographer Ron Austing has an audio clip of the kingfisher’s call at his Web site (http://www.ronausting.eom/b elted.htm), if you want to check it out.
Although other kingfishers reside in North America,, the belted kingfisher is the most common, and the only kingfisher north of Texas.
When the cold snap came early this year, in November, and the pond next to my house froze over, the kingfisher disappeared. He’s probably relocated to Indian Head Stream, which parallels the pond and where the water has remained open. However, some kingfishers, will also move further south when the weather makes feeding difficult.
Now that the snow is gone, I’m going to check around the pond for nest sites. Kingfishers dig holes extending three to 15 feet into vertical banks. The entrance hole is about three to four inches in diameter and is about one and a half feet down from the top of the bank.
If you see dirt flying out of a bank, you could be catching kingfishers in the act of excavating their nesting tunnels.
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