HE LOVED AND LOST! THIS MALE BELTED KINGFISHER OFFERED A PRIZE MORSEL TO THE FEMALE ONLY TO HAVE HER GLANCE AT THE OFFERING, GLANCE AT HIM, THEN TURN HER BACK AND FLY AWAY. HE REMAINED FOR SOME TIME HOLDING THE FISH AND SHAKING HIS HEAD IN SEEMING DISBELIEF BEFORE DROPPING IT AND FLYING AWAY. NOT SURE ABOUT HIM BUT WE WERE BROKEN-HEARTED . . .
SATISFYING THOSE CAVERN-MOUTHED NESTLINGS KEEPS THE RAVEN VERY BUSY!
FIERCE IN APPEARANCE BUT RETIRING IN ITS HABITS, A CURVE-BILLED THRASHER
