Kingfishers are a beautiful bird with their most notable natural feature being that they build their nests in clay banks of streams, upward rising horizontal tunnels dug into the natural ground.  Cascadia single species is the Belted Kingfisher, and it dominates most of its range (not allowing others’ intrusions).  Most migrate, though some remain along the Pacific Rim coast (where water does not freeze).  They feed mainly on fish, but also eat a variety of small prey including reptiles, small mammals and birds, amphibians, and mollusks.  Its call has a “rattling” sound and a group of them are called a “rattle” or a “kerfuffle.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7l-WblKYpx/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfisher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_kingfisher
https://interpretivecenter.org/the-belted-kingfisher/
http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/maps/wa/birds/WA_belted_kingfisher.html
https://www.thedailyworld.com/sports/grays-harbor-birds-belted-kingfisher-megaceryle-alcyon/
https://www.heraldnet.com/life/tulalip-bays-belted-kingfishers-are-kings-of-the-waterfront/15.pdf

Kingfishers lay 5 – 8 eggs in:

cliff caves
tree nests
streambank tunnels

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