And that’s when she found it. “The female Belted Kingfisher, as we like to say, is naturally true to the orange and blue,” Sanborn said. “She’s got those beautiful blue feathers around ...

The Belted Kingfisher is often first noticed by its wild rattling call as it flies over rivers or lakes. It may be seen perched on a high snag, or hovering on rapidly beating wings, then plunging ...

Common in the American tropics, the Ringed Kingfisher was considered rare north of Mexico until the 1960s. It is now found commonly along the lower Rio Grande, and locally elsewhere in southern Texas.