| 单词 | kingfisher |
| 例句 | I saw water birds, moorhens, kingfishers, and swans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I told him about the river where I had washed the clothes among the kingfishers and the dragonflies, and the calls of the doves and the wind rustling through the leaves of the peepul trees. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a new silk fur-lined gown the bright turquoise color of kingfisher feathers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I steam the fish and vegetables in violet leaves, and we eat by the river, admiring the kingfishers who dive into the water and come up with fish every time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The kingfisher keeps screaming his alarm cry but from a safe distance. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I floated there on my back, my eyes closed, listening to the rattling cries of a bird, a kingfisher that skimmed the water’s edge and crossed from shore to shore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A part of me returned, but much of me stayed with the river and the kingfisher and the heron and the memories of my times there with Raji. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There was the river where we went to wash the clothes and the kingfisher that watched us from a tree. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A kingfisher perched on a peepul tree, its red breast like a tongue of fire. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Ducks bobbed among the cattails at the water’s edge, and a kingfisher hidden in the bushes clattered its call. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She is here, she is here, she is here, in the hearts of a falcon and a kingfisher and a swan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I heard a small splashing but imagined it to be the kingfisher diving for its prey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was tall and gaunt, with a pale skin and sunken eyes the colour of a kingfisher’s wing, neither blue nor green. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the kingfisher screams his alarm note, and the forest becomes still. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Other safaris, both on foot and in vehicles, focus on the dawn chorus, bats and moths, purple emperor butterflies, Sussex oaks, owls, kingfishers and other highlights of the natural world. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Finley is a specialist in French song and he evoked the apparently untroubled worlds of the peacock, swan, cricket, guinea-fowl and kingfisher all with apparent cool, though these are more complex works than they appear. Gerald Finley/Julius Drake 2010-05-19T21:45:00Z Admire roosting eagles, bobbing buffleheads and darting kingfishers. 5 autumn hikes in the San Juans and Gulf Islands 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Beginner templates include a bas relief kingfisher, while an expert level project produces a standalone paper carousel. Cocktails, crafts, rap, Bob Ross, yoga and cats: Great stocking stuffer books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z There are numerous opportunities to spy white egrets, common kingfishers and other species, and visit desolate sandy stretches washed by tumbling waves. Instead of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, take one less traveled 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The first day, a belted kingfisher slowed to pace me, flashing a bold white collar each time he swooped, impatient, between trees. Against a backdrop of soaring small boat sales, a solo kayak trip in Vermont 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It was more of a twig than a tree, now in its purple-pink flower, and would form the perfect fishing perch for a kingfisher or heron. Giving plants the space they need: Why we thin veggies but crowd a hedge 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Just 9 km south of dusty Ninh Binh city, kingfishers swoop and packs of mountain goats scale the sheer rock faces. River-Borne Sightseeing at Tam Coc 2011-03-03T14:20:00Z The woman sketches the creatures she encounters — otters, dragonflies, kingfishers. Review | Three new books for young readers explore challenge — and possibility 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But you’ve got to be kidding when you call women ” little mice” and compare your approach to your poorly composed creepshots to “the way a wildlife photographer cherishes a kingfisher in a river.” Hey, “artists,” leave women who eat in public alone 2014-04-11T19:38:00Z The boys help: they set up cameras, build a house for the kingfishers and an aquarium for the river creatures. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z A garden, a space for local cultural events and a cafe in a boat, the project now boasts herons and kingfishers among its visitors. Along London’s ‘other river,’ an art walk brightens the scenery 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As we approached the bridge leading to the wetland’s exit, a blue-and-red azure kingfisher sat on a branch over the river, preening itself in the sun. Cycling Along the Great Victorian Rail Trail 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In most paintings, these puffy reliefs surround the crisp silhouettes of birds, including crows, ravens, jays, warblers, swallows and kingfishers. Back with an L.A. solo show, Joe Fay hasn't missed a step 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z If you’re lucky you might glimpse a kingfisher or a wild cat. Different strokes: wild swimming in Spain 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Each of its 21 rooms is named after a bird found near the estuary, such as kingfisher or heron. From Dubrovnik to London, 9 European Hotels With Water Views 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z You may spot a heron, hawk or kingfisher perched in the dead trees surrounding the marsh. Escape From the City: 9 Winter Outings That Fight Cabin Fever 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Over 80 bird species, including collared kingfisher and spotted wood owls, call this 123-acre nature reserve home. 36 Hours in Singapore 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Along the way travelers might glimpse a greater flamingo, a painted stork or a pied kingfisher. 10 New Standout Hotels in Asia 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Blocked from the ocean breezes, we baked in the panga, slapping mosquitoes while spotting curlews, kingfishers and tiger herons. Latin America 2011 |?Journeys: Isla Coiba, Panama, a Marine Preserve 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z A male kingfisher offers a freshly caught stickleback to a lady kingfisher. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z Water must be plentiful, judging by the presence of a long-necked heron and a small red bird — possibly a kingfisher — hovering under a dripping pipe in the picture’s lower left corner. Critic?s Notebook: Alone in the Wilderness and the Spotlight 2011-06-09T23:01:20Z The colorful work incorporates texts from Psalms 1 and 130 and names of birds like dyaramak, which means sacred kingfisher, from an Aboriginal language. Music Review: Ensemble Basiani?s Georgian Fare at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-17T22:40:00Z Never has such a chair, nor such a woman, graced a larger stage: all white billows and kingfisher beauty. Sweden defeats Russia to grasp Eurovision song contest victory 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Canoe and kayak outfitters are popping up along the undeveloped stretch of river — a rarity in Germany — home to rebounding populations of otters and kingfishers. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z And about the clouded leopards caught on one of the cameras, and the pygmy kingfisher caught in a net. Excluded and Lost Land of the Tiger 2010-09-22T06:59:00Z More than that: the kingfisher held in that outstretched palm stood on two legs. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z Because of the decision to restore local plants, “birds such as herons, ibis, kingfishers, anhingas and cormorants and migratory species such as ducks are now starting to call this area home,” she said. Oh, to Stop and Smell the Local Flora 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A rich silence hung in the air, broken only by the occasional chitter of a kingfisher. A Family Adventure in the Wild Heart of Tanzania 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z He identified the little blue heron, belted kingfisher and mockingbird. Not those gators: Improbable fauna 10 minutes from downtown Gainesville 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It was there that I spent a gray afternoon bird-watching for Kawasemi, the common kingfisher who would later inspire my haiku. In Japan, Haiku on the Rocks 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “This patch of forest,” Sam said, gazing up at thin trees with white bark, “is home to the white-rumped kingfisher.’ Dragons, Apes, Mantas and Birds 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z A kingfisher flew over the shallows, and out in the center of the pond, a loon and a chick were snorkeling — scanning with their heads underwater — and diving for fish. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z It is now a constantly changing spectacle, according to the seasons, a haven for warblers and kingfishers, loud with the croaking of frogs in summer. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Where Humankind and Nature Converge 2011-02-24T13:00:04Z Cup of coffee in hand, we greet the morning orchestra of grunting hippos and calling kingfishers. In Rwanda, mountain gorilla treks spur country’s renewal effort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “Ringed kingfisher,” Mr. Gualinga whispered, pointing to a perched bird, barely visible in the gloom. Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “You want to see owls, kingfishers, parrots and orioles?” he asked our boys. Dragons, Apes, Mantas and Birds 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z But many species of kingfishers dive headfirst into water to catch their fishy prey. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z According to Bleichrodt, a 2021 university study of 11 Dutch miniforests found more than 1,100 types of plants and animals at the sites — kingfishers, foxes, hedgehogs, spider beetles, ants, earthworms and wood lice. Tiny forests with big benefits 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Akin to a "canary in the coal mine", they indicate the health of fresh water for all animals living in the river, including salmon, otters and kingfishers. Conservation: Lifeline for endangered insect feared extinct 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z This summer officials plan to introduce Guam kingfishers on the Palmyra Atoll south of Hawaii, after brown tree snakes accidentally brought to Guam around 1950 decimated their population. As climate warms, US allows moving species threatened with extinction as a last resort 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The kingfisher abounds in Egyptian art; on the wall of the Green Room it appears amid the stems and umbels of a dense papyrus thicket at the moment it takes its helldive. Put a Bird on It? Ancient Egypt Was Way Ahead of Us. 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The type of diving that kingfishers do -- what researchers call "plunge-diving" -- is an aeronautic feat. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z One plan now being considered by U.S. wildlife officials concerns birds native to Guam, where kingfishers were decimated by brown tree snakes accidentally brought to the island around 1950 on military cargo ships. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It is one of the UK's most ecologically diverse waterway and supports wildlife like salmon, otters and kingfishers. River pollution: New phosphate rules hit thousands of planned new homes 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The Rivers Trust charity said England’s chalk streams — which allow underground springs to bubble up through the spongy layer of rock — are drying up, endangering aquatic wildlife like kingfishers and trout. European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most striking is the pied kingfisher, commonly called a helldiver, with its black and white plumage, shaggy topknot and slender beak. Put a Bird on It? Ancient Egypt Was Way Ahead of Us. 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z That means that kingfishers evolved their fishy diets -- and the diving abilities to procure them -- a number of separate times, rather than all evolving from one common fish-eating ancestor. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The last 29 wild Guam kingfishers were captured in the 1980s and have been bred in captivity to buy time. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Chalk streams, which support iconic species such as the salmon, kingfisher and otter, are of particular concern, according to the Rivers Trust. Wildlife under stress as dry spell shrinks rivers 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The University of Bristol team filmed animals including foxes, deer, peregrine falcons and kingfishers to make BRISTOL: A Hidden Eden. Bristol students' 'sensational' film uncovers city's animals 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z He began teaching kids about his craft and got ideas from birds he spotted by day: an osprey, a kingfisher, a heron, Canada geese. Outside Victoria, a mysterious flock of creatures built from driftwood enchants locals 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Not all kingfishers actually fish -- many species of these birds eat land-dwelling prey like insects, lizards, and even other kingfishers. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z If a relocation is successful, the kingfishers would become one of the few species ever upgraded from “extinct in the wild” to “critically endangered.” Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z By creating dams and holding water, the beavers are encouraging previously unseen species into the area such as kingfisher, stoats and waterfowl. First beaver born in Cheshire for more than 400 years 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z A lot of footage was captured over nine months, but he said one of the biggest challenges was filming the kingfisher sequence, which "took me three years to get enough good footage". Bristol students' 'sensational' film uncovers city's animals 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Thirteen driftwood sculptures — different kinds of owls, woodpeckers, northern flicker, a kingfisher and a crow — are playing hide-and-seek along the trail. Outside Victoria, a mysterious flock of creatures built from driftwood enchants locals 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z From there, they used software to compare the billions of base pairs making up these genomes to look for genetic variations that the diving kingfishers have in common. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z From the Geoduck’s deck, you can often spot animals including bald eagles, blue herons and kingfishers. The ‘little loop’ around Hood Canal is among the best motorcycle rides in WA. Here’s what to know and where to stop 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z It all started when I loaned her my digital camera and she managed to photograph a Eurasian kingfisher by a creek in Brittany. Introducing city kids to nature in the hinterlands of Sardinia 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The heat is unbearable; the haze merges the sky, lake and land; kingfishers dive and rise as if playing with the wind coming off Uganda's Lake Albert, under which vast oil reserves like. Why Uganda is investing in oil despite pressures to go green 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z An extremely rare exotic kingfisher has been spotted in Lancashire, prompting visitors to flock to a nature reserve. Rare kingfisher spotting draws crowds to Lancashire beauty spot 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z "Now, we know which of the underlying genes are shifting that help create the differences that we see across the kingfisher family," says Eliason. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The mollies are prey for an array of winged predators, including egrets, kingfishers and kiskadees. Why these Mexican fish do the wave 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The massive throngs of fish attracted a slew of piscivorous birds, including herons, kingfishers and large flycatchers known as kiskadees. Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In the kingfisher’s case, for example, a wave might indicate the fish are aware of their presence, which could make an attack less likely to succeed. Watch fish make a shimmering wave to avoid predators 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z "I thought it has to be a belted kingfisher, but it cannot possibly be. It was stunning." Rare kingfisher spotting draws crowds to Lancashire beauty spot 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z In addition to a better understanding of kingfisher genetics and potential implications for understanding brain injuries, Hackett says that this study is important because it highlights the value of museum collections. Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z After a bird had made one pass over the water, a researcher with a slingshot triggered the waving behavior in the fish, imitating something the kiskadees saw routinely when a kingfisher was hunting alongside them. Why these Mexican fish do the wave 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z To determine whether the waves bothered the birds, the team set up perches around the springs to give kingfishers and kiskadees prime real estate to launch their attacks. Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z They would like to build a temporary cage around part of a stream and introduce kingfishers from other parts of the country. Watch fish make a shimmering wave to avoid predators 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The trust added there was a "good chance" the kingfisher would remain in the area if it liked the conditions. Rare kingfisher spotting draws crowds to Lancashire beauty spot 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Another example of Good Morning’s lovely papercraft: their kit of pop-out Bird Calendars, featuring six birds, including a pelican, crested kingfisher and cardinal. Turning the page to a new year: Style-savvy 2022 calendars 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z When the researchers watched kingfishers, they saw that the more times the fish flashed, the longer the birds waited, as if they were waiting it out, too. Why these Mexican fish do the wave 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Whereas kingfishers would plunge into the water to pursue a molly, kiskadees would only skim the water’s surface with their beak, sparking fewer waves in response. Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z A kingfisher dove headfirst to catch unsuspecting prey. In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Its inhabitants now include swans, Canada geese and kingfishers. Otter spotted catching fish in Wolverhampton canal 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z "We've already spotted kingfishers at the site, and over time, as the beavers extend their network of dams and pools, we should see increased opportunities for other wildlife, including amphibians, insects, bats and birds." Beavers build first Exmoor dam in 400 years 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The Guam kingfisher is one such bird, disappearing in the 1980s from the island of Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific. Funding crisis threatens zoos' conservation work 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Their findings illustrate that synchronized waves had a profound impact on both kingfishers and kiskadees. Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The park is a terrific spot for birdwatchers: songbirds, Barred owls, wood ducks and belted kingfishers are all regulars. As summer winds down, these parks are the perfect escape 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z For the people of Guam, Aguon argues, there is beauty in the song of a kingfisher, in the flap of an eight spot butterfly’s wings, in the musky, earthy smell of the håyun lågu. 'Our children's lives on the line': the ongoing battle for Guam 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z This meant more food for otters - beavers are herbivores - and clearer and cleaner water in which kingfishers could flourish. Beaver families win legal 'right to remain' 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The last few kingfishers on Earth were rescued and taken into captivity. Funding crisis threatens zoos' conservation work 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z He posted a photograph of the bird, which proved to be a belted kingfisher. Opinion | How a rescued bird changed the world — for a moment 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z My second favorite—not in any particular order—is the belted kingfisher, female in particular. Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Soon his prize appeared: a fledgling South Philippine dwarf kingfisher, about three weeks old. How an Eye Surgeon Got a Picture of This Rare Pastel Bird 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The idea is to walk the course and look for the birds, starting with Canada geese on Hole 1 and then through such species as Eastern towhees, American robins, belted kingfishers and mallards. Perspective | This Rockville golf course is full of birdies — the feathered kind 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z It is the latest in a spate of incidents at the site, including an arson attack which destroyed a kingfisher observation hide. 'Senseless' vandalism damages badger sculpture 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Sandpipers fluttered over a mud flat; a kingfisher cut across the river. In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. Will the Northwest be next? 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z And it was maybe a brief moment in real life, but it felt like I was just—again, like the kingfisher—I felt so present when I saw it. Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z But very little is known about most of them, including the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher. How an Eye Surgeon Got a Picture of This Rare Pastel Bird 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In announcing the hatching of a bird “extinct in the wild,” the Smithsonian’s National Zoo said only about 140 of the kingfishers exist in human care, so “every chick is extremely precious.” Rare, extinct-in-the-wild Guam kingfisher is hatched at Virginia facility 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z An iridescent turquoise European kingfisher seems frozen in time as it dives for minnows off its mossy perch. A New View of Life on Earth, the Paradox of Quantum Reality and Other New Science Books 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z A kingfisher clattered from a branch, and diving ducks flew upriver. HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But the first assignment I got when I started as an environmental educator was understanding and studying the kingfisher. Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z In 2017, for example, he and a few others published a paper detailing the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher’s dietary habits, which they pieced together over years of watching parents bring food back to the nest. How an Eye Surgeon Got a Picture of This Rare Pastel Bird 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “Almost every kingfisher that has ever lived has suffered a more painful death than the one Filardi collected, either being eaten alive by a predator or from the inside by a disease,” he said. Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z There are about 140 Guam kingfishers in the world and they all live in human care. Endangered bird species hatches in Virginia 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Below a 20ft bluff overlooking a continent of marsh grasses, a kingfisher dives into Christmas creek. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He also fed plenty of them to a paradise kingfisher bird with no ill effects except maybe a fatter bird. Science Says: Green-blooded lizards pose evolutionary puzzle 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z This took extra dedication, as the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher is particularly hard to spot. How an Eye Surgeon Got a Picture of This Rare Pastel Bird 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The mustached kingfisher became a viral celebrity, under headlines like “ridiculously gorgeous.” Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z All existing Guam kingfishers are descended from 29 individual birds. Endangered bird species hatches in Virginia 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z SUN Views of nesting osprey, kingfishers and terns, for all ages, 1-3 p.m. Community calendar: Cinco de Mayo in Seattle, Free Comic Book Day, Bike-n-Brew and more 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z A couple of belted kingfishers made it on the list, too. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z While birds of other species often stay close to their nests while learning to fly, the young kingfishers rocket away. How an Eye Surgeon Got a Picture of This Rare Pastel Bird 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z For 20 years, he’d been searching for the mustached kingfisher, known as a “ghost” bird. Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “I didn’t fall in, but we did see a kingfisher fly by.” Salt Lake City students, teachers take canoe trip to school 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Hoatzins, a kind of tropical pheasant, flap noisily between copses; kingfishers flash like jewels above the streams that gurgle down from the Sierra de la Macarena, an imposing outcrop of the Andes. Colombia’s future involves fewer terrorists and more ecotourists 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “You never want to miss a kingfisher,” Lucas said. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The law prescribed bounties to be paid for the destruction of a long and dubious list of agricultural vermin, including everything from hedgehogs to kingfishers. Going underground: inside the world of the mole-catchers 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The mustached kingfisher was not gathered for public display, as a “trophy,” as many claimed. Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z I became adept at watching the body language, movements and direction of the gulls, kingfishers, seals, cormorants, bald eagles, osprey and herons that accompanied me on the river. He Fished Every Morning of Summer. And Was Home by 7 A.M. 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It's home to rare Bengal tigers, rhinos and gharial crocodiles, and teems with birds from kingfishers to cormorants. A slow recovery for Nepal's tourist industry - BBC News 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Grant had spotted a small kingfisher, or birrangbirrang in Wiradjuri, as it swooped low over the Murrumbidgee River in the oppressive summer heat, calling to its mate. An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z And another one is the pintail, a beautiful duck. and also the common kingfisher. My Day: Prakash the Bharatpur bird guide - BBC News 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Nine months after he discovered the mustached kingfisher, Dr. Filardi left the American Museum of Natural History. Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z A swooping kingfisher greeted me with its rat-a-tat chatter. Park on Fidalgo Island is a gem, even in stormy weather 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z And he said that killing one kingfisher might help save them all. Scientist under attack after he kills bird that took decades to find 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z “I was told when you revive a lost language, you give it back to all mankind,” he said, sitting in his kitchen, not far from where the kingfishers darted across the Murrumbidgee. An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z We were in the realm of the kingfisher. Beautiful "Mustached" Bird, Lost for 60 Years, Photographed for First Time 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z The belted kingfisher eats speckled dace and fathead minnows, two Colorado River fish that are highly contaminated with mercury. Even the Bottom of the Grand Canyon is Now Contaminated 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z "There's a kingfisher that flies past now and again," he says. Project to turn grey Britain green 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z White streaks of guano and dry fish bones were the most reliable signs that a kingfisher would soon return. Urban kingfishers in pictures 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z On this late afternoon, Scriven points out an osprey nest and the spot where a kingfisher usually nested. Volunteer’s dedication helps bring back bluebirds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Filardi adds that he hopes the moustached kingfisher’s rediscovery sheds a light on conservation and socioeconomic conditions in the Solomon Islands and other Pacific island nations, which face similar struggles. Beautiful "Mustached" Bird, Lost for 60 Years, Photographed for First Time 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z A bird watcher, Lindsey said he hasn’t seen as many blue herons or kingfishers near the river as he used to. Comite River dispute over ATVs at standoff 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z For example, kingfishers will catch fish to give to females as part of their courtship. Fake Jewels: Male Spiders Give Worthless Gifts to Entice Females 2014-05-05T14:18:03Z "Temperature wise it is probably ideal for them, but when you get these brown rivers they can't see to fish, I would suspect that some kingfishers would be facing a really hard time at present." Dabbling ducks struggling in floods 2014-02-17T18:08:31Z This is a common kingfisher, and he's just caught his dinner. Photo competition's top shots 2014-02-11T15:28:00Z This amazing shot of a kingfisher in action is just one of the amazing photos entered in the RHS Photography Competition this year. Pictures: Young Photographer winners revealed 2014-01-22T14:53:21Z The blue-eared kingfisher is one of 271 species of birds spotted for the wildlife survey There's a lot of forest in Burma and much of what we saw supports an impressive variety of animals. Preserving nature's lost kingdom 2013-11-28T00:53:22Z Graham Morgan was recognised for the vivid colours in his photograph of a kingfisher, taken at Forest Farm Country Farm, Caerphilly. Woodland photo winners announced 2013-08-26T00:18:27Z If wet summers lead to an increase in flooding, birds and animals who live on sandy riverbanks, including kingfishers and water voles, may drown. 40 consequences of 10 wet summers: what will a decade of rain do to us? 2013-06-22T08:00:00Z Wetland animals - Water vole burrows and kingfisher holes were flooded by the rain. 'Challenging' year for wildlife 2012-12-27T19:05:00Z "I did see it about two weeks ago and I thought it was a kingfisher," he said. Second 'rare' bird in Sunderland 2012-11-08T16:24:25Z The train’s nose was redesigned to have the same wedge shape as the kingfisher — which dives into the ocean with almost no splash. Finding technological inspiration in nature 2011-07-28T22:27:00Z Branches overhang the swirling, brown waters and, through the binoculars, I watch my first kingfisher, a miracle of brilliant red and green. Forcing the Danube to go straight 2012-06-23T10:45:54Z The birds have all fled, and the great hawks that hovered far up in the sky have flown away, whilst the flash of the kingfisher has ceased with the setting of the sun. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The two extreme points of difference in the Linn�an kingfishers, are seen in the Alcedo Ispida, and A. gigantea; the last of which has been made into the genus Dacelo. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z But above all the discord was heard the laugh of the giant kingfisher, intimating that he had secured a golden perch from the pond, and was disposed to rejoice accordingly. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Here, on a sandy islet, flashed the scarlet and blue of little kingfishers, contrasting with the sober grey of the bittern, or the black and white of the vulture. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Those used on the head are long, dagger-looking pins, made of gold and inlaid with kingfisher’s feathers. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z "Must murmur at last 'Unjust, unjust'; "And 'My speed is a weariness,' falters the mouse "And the kingfisher turns to a ball of dust, 260"And the roof falls in of his tunnelled house. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z I then began to inquire what Ju-Ju had spoken, and they pointed out a small bird that just then flew away into the bush; it looked to me something like a kingfisher. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Another morning is come — a bright glorious morning: the sky is as deeply blue as the breast of the kingfisher, except where here and there a snowy pyramid of clouds mounts slowly up the heavens. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The kingfisher was common; the swallows had not yet taken their flight, and in some places the sandpiper was seen upon the bank. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The kingfisher has become quite common this side of the falls; but we have seen none of the summer duck since leaving that place. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z He slowly turned: A demon's leisure: eyes, first white, now burned Like wings of kingfishers; and he arose Barking. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z In fact, after the fashion of a cormorant or a kingfisher, he was perched motionless on a big dead stub of a branch. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Willow fronds are startled by the glinting blue of the kingfisher, scarlet of the tanager. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The kingfisher, the wild duck, and red-breasted goose, were numerous in the wild, romantic willow islands. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Solitary kingfishers kept their vigils on the numerous snags. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Jacamar, jak′a-mar, n. a South American bird something like a kingfisher. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In colour and shape it is very like the kingfisher, and its melodious notes present great variety. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Stately on his favorite dead branch at the lake’s edge the blue-armored kingfisher sits to watch the ripple. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The ravine of the stream was covered with fine tall timber, to which the kingfisher resorted. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The quietest pools had no fish, and where minnows were found the water or the banks were against the little kingfishers, who had not yet learned to hover and take their fish from the wing. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z That was only a kingfisher calling," said Lil Artha, who knew all about such things; "see, there he flits across that little bayou, and perches on the limb that overhangs the water. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z Somebody shot a kingfisher which had tried to swallow so large a fish that the tail was sticking out of his mouth, while its head was safely stored below in the bird's stomach. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It feeds upon fish, and fish bones may be found in large numbers on the floor of the kingfisher’s house, which, either from laziness or a dislike to change, he inhabits for years together. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Here were gorgeous emerald cuckoos on their way south, honey birds, kingfishers, and bee-eaters of the most resplendent plumage, and various finches and small birds. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z He had a nest in there, so cunningly hidden under an overhanging root that till then I had not discovered it, though I had fished the pool and seen the kingfishers clattering about many times. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Each pair of kingfishers lays claim to the part of the creek in the neighborhood of their nest, as their fishing preserve, and woe betide any other kingfisher that trespasses! The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z While his queen broods, the devoted kingfisher brings her the best of his catch. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z O softly, O tenderly, the heart now stirs With desires faint and formless; and, seeking not, I find Quiet thoughts that flash like azure kingfishers Across the luminous, tranquil mirror of the mind. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z Rare cranes, flamingoes, gorgeous kingfishers and many handsome geese, ducks and other water-fowl, lent life and charm to this sweet and favoured oasis. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z One morning as I sat watching, hidden away in the bushes, the mother kingfisher put her head out of her hole and looked about very anxiously. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z The kingfisher's nest wouldn't be at all attractive to some birds—the swallows, for example, who are so particular about having feather-beds. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z These are soon over, but the kingfisher's have only begun. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It was plain that he had no accurate knowledge of birds; if he had caught sight of a kingfisher or green woodpecker, he would probably have described it as a sort of peacock. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Flying well over the tree-tops or along the waterways, the kingfisher makes the woodland echo with his noisy rattle, that breaks the stillness like a watchman's at midnight. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z They were harmless, yet the kingfisher rushed upon them, clattering and scolding like a fishwife, and harried them all away into a quiet bogan. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z But some days even the kingfishers don't have fish for dinner. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Collared kingfishers are one of the species that are common and vocal in island floras. Scientist at Work Blog: Magical Days on Panamoti Island 2011-10-11T16:03:18Z For who, walking by a riverside, does not experience a thrill of delight at the sudden appearance in the field of vision of that living jewel, the shining blue kingfisher! Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Among the few birds we caught was this azure kingfisher. Scientist at Work Blog: Slow Days at Wagawaga 2011-10-04T18:17:53Z They were full of the joy of living, and showed me, one day, a curious game,—the only play that I have ever seen among the kingfishers. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z On such days even the keen eyes of the kingfisher can't see a fish or make out exactly where the fish is when he does see one. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z "But our survey tallies with other reports showing that kingfishers are bouncing back." Kingfisher birds bounce back 2011-10-04T08:21:00Z Monster butterflies darted from bloom to bloom—as big as painted fans they were, and radiantly beautiful; but still more beautiful were the many birds seen here and there, especially the kingfishers. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Flickers, catbirds, robins and kingfishers joined the chorus. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Yellows Enter the Forest's Palette 2011-09-30T16:11:15Z This is undoubtedly the result of his peculiar fishing regulations, which give to each kingfisher a certain piece of lake or stream for his own. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Crows and hawks cawed and screamed; kingfishers and squirrels chickered and chirred, but no animal came near the traps. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Behold your brothers turned to birds and made companions of snipes, woodpeckers, jays, owls, rooks, starlings, blackbirds, tom-tits, larks, kingfishers, wrens, and sparrows. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z The president of the line was a white-haired giant with a chin like an anvil and bright humorous eyes, like a kingfisher. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z With the exception of the kingfisher, I do not recollect any British bird with brighter or more charming plumage, than our friend the goldfinch. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z After a moment a wild-eyed young kingfisher put his head out of the hole for his first look at the big world. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z When it was all over I stole away to the shady banks of a stream to bathe, and lie and watch the kingfishers. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z In front are two gulls; and on the right are a hunting-horn, tied with a red tasselled cord, a green velvet bag, a kingfisher, and two finches. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z As he got over the rails a kingfisher shot out from the mouth of the Nile opposite, and crossed aslant the gulf, whistling as he flew. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The larvæ of caddis flies, which cover the edge of the stream, are a curious mystery to him, and he sees the kingfisher dart away as a bit of green light. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z As I stood watching them and wondering how they got over the dry bar that separated the pool from the river, a kingfisher came sweeping up-stream with a fish in his bill. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Roach are here the kingfisher’s most common prey. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Of kingfishers she preserves a considerable number for ladies’ hats, and some for glass cases. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z A kingfisher went by, straight for New Formosa. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z While there are no plans to artificially introduce wildlife into the gardens, the National Parks Board hopes that newly resurgent species, including hornbills, kingfishers and dragonflies, will find a haven there. I.H.T. Special Report: Smart Cities 2011-07-28T19:57:20Z I knew by his clatter, drawing nearer only with our progress, that a kingfisher was perched on a channel-side fishing-stake, used in turn by him and bigger but not more skillful fishers. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Yet the kingfishers built there and reared their young; and this not only for one season, but for several years in succession. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Upon her head she wore a rude crown, composed of a wampum belt tightly encircling her brows, and surmounted by a circlet of the plumes of the kingfisher, facing outwards at the top. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z “Herons and kingfishers have had them of course.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z These Malay kingfishers do not dive after fish, but chase the beetles and butterflies.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z At any rate, I wished him good luck, for who would begrudge a poor kingfisher such little fish as he must catch! In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Though so swift, the kingfisher is comparatively easy to shoot, because he flies as straight as an arrow; and if you can get clear of bushes or willow pollards he may be dropped without trouble. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I can positively say that the kingfisher is the bird to which the poet refers. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z And a little green hill, and a kingfisher, and a jack. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Everything from kingfishers to otters, very rich bird life and insect life. 'Final push' in Snowdon farm bid 2011-07-06T06:13:30Z Birds were very scarce, and as it began to rain, we returned to the dinghy, and rowed round the bay, looking for kingfishers. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z When disturbed the kingfisher almost invariably flies off in one favourite direction; and this habit has often proved fatal to him, because the sportsman knows exactly which way to look, and carries his gun prepared. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In the morning—so I am told by my friend the kingfisher—they were rescued by a fisherman who lived near the river bank.’ The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z These waters were far from a river, they were fed by rivulets supporting nothing beyond a kingfisher. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Few mortals were acquainted with Aquarella; but she was well-known to the gallant kingfisher, to the lordly heron, who would pursue their sport by her banks. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The little brown Rhinomyias was very plentiful, as was the tiny kingfisher, Ceyx tridactyla, a most gorgeous bird, with coral-red feet and bill, and plumage of brilliant yellow, orange, blue, and lilac. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Wherever the kingfisher’s haunt may be, he will be found upon observation to leave it nearly always in the same direction day after day. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The kingfisher, bee-eater, roller, hoopoe, woodpeckers, &c., utter harsh cries; and the brilliant birds of the tropics are hardly ever songsters.98 Hence bright colours and the power of song seem to replace each other. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z At the end of the headland a willow trunk or blue gum hung over the water, and as he came near a kingfisher flew off the trunk and away round Serendib. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A flash of vivid blue seemed to fill the gloom—a kingfisher skimmed out of the darkness across the surface of the pool and perched on a stone. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The traps produced a couple of rats only; but we obtained several specimens of the storkbilled kingfisher, which was common about the shores of the bay. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z I soon found it possible to predict beforehand in which haunt a kingfisher would be discovered at any time. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z And the kingfisher was a messenger and errand man for the Nahurak council. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z So did the wild duck; so did the kingfisher. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He climbed out of the hollow and fled down the blackened hillside, still holding the dead kingfisher in his hand. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z A lone kingfisher winged his way across the lake returning to his home, a hole dug in some bank overlooking the water. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z One summer I found a family of four young kingfishers perched in a row on a dead branch crossing a brook which ran for some distance beside a double-mound hedge. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z When the kingfisher, the messenger, had finished speaking the Nahurak held serious council on the matter to decide what they should do. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Mark started, and lifted his head, and saw the kingfisher, which had come back towards his perch on the willow trunk. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z So we rowed on, disturbing a kingfisher, which was perched on a bullrush, and there was a picture. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z The site is home to birds including lapwings, sand martins and kingfishers as well as more vulnerable species such as whimbrels and skylarks. Wetlands reserve opens to public 2011-04-24T09:59:59Z The moorhens cannot get at the water; neither can the herons or kingfishers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The kingfisher said “I go,” and flew swiftly out from the lodge and up the river to Nakiskat, the Nahurak lodge near Lone Tree. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Just the occasional kingfisher perched on a branch, some seabirds diving for bait and intermittent splashes that indicate the big redfish are here. A Year After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a Perfect Day for a Redfish 2011-04-17T23:25:01Z And there came to mourn for him the wild goose of the river, and the pheasant, and the kingfisher. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z You forget we've been full four hours on the river, and are as hungry as a pair of kingfishers—hawks, I suppose, you'd say, being a game preserver. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Astonished at this—for the kingfisher sat in such a position as easily to see anyone coming; and these birds generally start immediately they perceive a person—I walked swiftly up opposite the bush. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Now the boy went on alone and met the kingfisher, the messenger of the Nahurak, and sent word by him that he had come to visit the Nahurak, and had brought presents from his people. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z The ouzel and the kingfisher start from under one’s feet, and bright fish move out lazily from their sunny bay into the deeper pool. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z There were redbirds, too, and bluebirds and blackbirds—pewees, thrushes, vireos, kingfishers—all flocking in with the red and gold of the sunrise, making the dun meadows bright and melodious with their plumage and song. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z You forget we’ve been full four hours on the river, and are as hungry as a pair of kingfishers—hawks, I suppose, you’d say, being a game preserver. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z More than once afterwards the same winter I found kingfishers dead on the ice under bushes, lying on their backs with their contracted claws uppermost, having fallen dead from roost. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z We had smooth but swift water for a considerable distance, where we glided rapidly along, scaring up ducks and kingfishers. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z A kingfisher flew up the brook and shook a baby's tin rattle at me as he passed. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z Another chief feature is the extraordinary development of the cassowaries, the richness and specialization of the kingfishers, parrots, pigeons, honey-suckers and some remarkable flycatchers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z "It went over by that bank," Derry was saying, still peering after the kingfisher; and I stepped out. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z A lonely moss-grown hatch, which stands in a quiet shady corner not far from the lake, is a favourite resort of the kingfishers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The organisation is raising money to improve the habitats for birds found on the waterways, including providing nesting tunnels for kingfishers and preserving their perches. Fears winter harmed UK wildlife 2010-03-19T01:47:00Z That means that various species of penguin, parrot, cormorant, owl, hummingbird, kingfisher, woodpecker and game birds such as partridge and pheasant, may all use certain feathers for touch. 2010-02-05T17:49:00Z Birds which are originally immigrants from North America: Podicipedidae, with the flightless Centropelma on Lake Titicaca; Ceryle, the only genus of kingfishers in the New World; all the Oscines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Though he is of the kingfisher tribe, he does not seem to pay much attention to fishes, his favorite food being small snakes. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The kingfisher perches on the narrow rail that crosses the hatch about two feet above the water. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Far hotter seems it for the bird that drinks, The startled kingfisher that screams and flies; Hotter and lonelier for the purple pinks Of weeds that bloom, whose sultry perfumes rise Stifling the swooning skies. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems Through the dazzling weather the kingfishers with wings of blue fire would travel up and down the stream. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Fishing birds, kingfishers, gulls, pelicans, and cormorants, especially the trained cormorants of China, are of interest. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women The jaunty kingfisher, too, makes a devoted parent. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The kingfisher, or rather two of them, went continually to and fro, and it was astonishing what a number of fish they took. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z This kingfisher was netted near a small stream in the deep primary forest. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Early as it was she did not go out in the mackintosh but in something simple and blue, with kingfisher’s wings in her hat. Man and Maid Here were divers and waders, kingfishers and snaky-necked birds of the cormorant family, but no duck. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Among the birds of the shore, the kingfisher is most in evidence. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road In another case I knew of, the kingfishers built in a mound overhanging a small stagnant and muddy pond, in which there were no fish, and which was within twenty paces of a farmhouse. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Distributional and evolutionary history of the kingfisher genus Ceyx in Malaysia. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Like a multi-colored dust of the explosion burst a myriad of screaming birds, lories, parakeets, kingfishers, flashing motes of green and blue and scarlet in the sunshine. Where the Pavement Ends While the eggs of some birds have the shell so thin as to be translucent, e.g. kingfisher, others display considerable thickness, the maximum being reached in the egg of the extinct Aepyornis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" He put away the dried kingfisher which his mother had wrapped in the fleece to keep it sweet, and buttoned the ivory buttons, and skipped about nimbly over his cooking in that. The Three Mulla-mulgars It was in this sawpit that the kingfishers had their nest in what appeared to be a hole partly excavated by a rabbit. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Little work was done along these streams and only the thrushes of the genus Enicurus and some kingfishers seemed to be confined to them. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Another peril that kept the young parr on the alert—an ever imminent and particularly appalling peril—was the foraging of the kingfishers. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life That the kingfishers which scurried ahead of his boat gossiped to him of hidden nests. The Whelps of the Wolf Out of the first protruded a sharp bill, and a kingfisher, bright of plumage and swift of wing, broke out of its speckled prison. Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country I recollect walking by a brook like this, and seeing the blue plumage of a kingfisher perched on a bush. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A beautiful kind of water-weed peculiar to Guernsey covered the pools with an emerald green; where the kingfishers and the water-wagtails, which make such graceful little nests, came down to bathe their wings. Toilers of the Sea They thus afford examples of discontinuous specific distribution exactly parallel to that of the great spotted kingfisher, already referred to as found only in the Himalayas and Japan. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Often on summer days he had sat in the shade of these oaks watching the kingfishers. Wanderings in South America And the kingfishers and the ospreys told us the same things. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear If you approach the cover quietly and step over the decayed pole that has been placed to close a gap, by carefully parting the bushes the kingfisher may be seen in his favourite position. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Perhaps a kingfisher will flash by or settle on a branch overhanging the water. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Another kingfisher, Ceycopsis, combines the characters of the Malayan Ceyx and the African Ispidina, and thus forms an example of an ancient generalised form analogous to what occurs among the mammalia. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras In the rivers, and different creeks, you number six species of the kingfisher. Wanderings in South America The beavers, and the kingfishers, of course, know everything that goes on along the rivers. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear Here the brown thrashers hide, The chat and cat-bird chide; The blue kingfisher houses Above the stream, And here the heron drowses Lost in his dream; The vireo's flitting note Haunts all the wild remote. Weeds by the Wall Verses Here a big blue heron rose from it, and there a couple of kingfishers jabbered and scolded and shrieked. The Peace of Roaring River Splendidly tailored kingfishers swooped over the water, scarce a foot above its surface. Carmen Ariza Though their plumage is prettily varied, still it falls far short of the brilliancy displayed by the English kingfisher. Wanderings in South America There was a fringe of ice along the edges of the streams, and the kingfishers and the ospreys had both flown to where the waters would remain open throughout the year. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear If she fixed her eyes on anything, it was on the quivering balance of a kingfisher in the air. The Side Of The Angels A Novel But I have yet to hear of a robin building a nest like a brown thrasher, or of an oriole building a nest like a robin, or of kingfishers drilling for grubs in a tree. Ways of Nature When her husband died she was changed into a bird,—the kingfisher,—and, floating over the sea, she still calls for the lost Ceyx in tones full of plaining and tears. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer At one end of the lake in summer the kingfisher might be watched fishing, and throughout the year herons waded round its shores picking up fresh-water mussels, or stood motionless for hours, watching for fish. Wanderings in South America When the waters had receded, so as to make the stream very low, back came that artful kingfisher, to dive for us in the shallow pools. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated The Chameleon was a brigantine, light and swift as a kingfisher, riding gracefully on the waves, at her mooring. A Romance of the West Indies If the professor had said that he saw the blackbird dive head first into the water for the fish, after the manner of the kingfisher, I should have been very skeptical. Ways of Nature Rustic gardens, white-blossomed orchards, tiny brooks beloved by the kingfisher, trees that may have seen the courting of the poet and his wife, still remain to tell the story of England's unchanging charm. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts The rattling kingfisher might come up the stream, and the blue crane sail silently through the purple haze that hung between the swamp and the bayou. Dr. Sevier That was an evil day," gasped the speckled sinner, "when I poked my nose out of water to dare a saucy kingfisher, who was mocking the whole fish tribe in his usual dashing manner. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Wild-fowl dotted the glassy expanse; white cranes and pink flamingoes graced the reedy bars; red-breasted kingfishers flew over with friendly screech. Tales of Fishes But the industrious kingfisher is too quick to be robbed. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit After a last glance at the kingfisher, the cuckoo, and the winding stream, the two friends flew farther on, over “flowery meads” and shining woods. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps The unwieldy monsters pressed on, surrounded and worried by their nimbler enemies like hawks driven by kingfishers through the sky. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Here great flocks of grey snipe continually assemble, together with kingfishers, shags, wild duck, teal, and other waterfowl. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand For an hour the two boys sat like kingfishers, absolutely motionless except when they dived into the water. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I remember a small purple kingfisher poising in the air over a shoal, his head bent downward, his wings vibrating swiftly. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit At a bend of the stream a little higher up, a brilliant-hued kingfisher was on the watch, and another bird of much soberer plumage was perched on a hazel bough beyond. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps She saw a kingfisher darting blue—and then she was very happy. The Rainbow A kingfisher, startled from his day's work by the uproarious pair, shot down the stream, his derisive laugh echoing far through the leafy avenue. The Silver Maple There is water there, and white birds like kingfishers, the origin of which, and the battles of the Hellespont, we will discuss at a proper time. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens A kingfisher, disturbed by his arrival, went rattling on his way upstream. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill In the next war, if there be a next war, regiments will perhaps move against the enemy gay as kingfishers and quite as difficult to see. A Padre in France The kingfisher was the key to the magic world: he was witness of the border of enchantment. The Rainbow Where the white lilies quiver By the sedge in the river, I fly in and out, I hunt all about; For I am the daring kingfisher, kingfisher! The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Without wire netting, kingfishers find out the young fry only too quickly, and a dead kingfisher spoils all pleasure for a fisherman. Highways and Byways in Surrey Twice in the fall I have found a kingfisher about the Frog Pond. Birds in the Bush Once a kingfisher dived for him, missed him by a hair's-breadth, and flew back, scolding and chattering, to his perch on an old stub that leaned far out over the water. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Our kingfishers and many of our other birds are on the eve of extinction on account of a cruel fashion. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Rod and line have not I, But, a fish when I spy, From the tree-top I start, And down, down, I dart; For I am the daring kingfisher, kingfisher! The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers One accompaniment of a trout farm he may hope to escape—the sight of a dead kingfisher. Highways and Byways in Surrey It was not until it had disappeared that she realized that it was a kingfisher which had just crossed the pond. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) The tree rises out of the water and is partly in it; it is hung with moss, and the kingfisher was on the trunk within a foot or so of the surface. The Toilers of the Field Heedless of the protests of the scandalized belted kingfishers, they embarked on Sagamore Water. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories My dinner I make, My pleasure I take, And the fish must be quick That would parry my trick; For I am the daring kingfisher, kingfisher! The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers All are charmed with the jewelry fabricated by the workers in kingfishers' feathers, and make liberal selections. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan A kingfisher perched on a rock by the stream, tilted his head to the side in a quizzical way and watched the boat approach. Shawn of Skarrow In the hollow at Long Ditton I had the delight, a day or two since, to see a kingfisher. The Toilers of the Field In time, I hope to show you prettier things—peacocks and kingfishers,—butterflies and flowers, on grounds of gold, and the like, as they were in Byzantine work. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Now summer is near, And the boys will be here; But I fly or I run, When I look on a gun, Tho' I am the daring kingfisher, kingfisher! The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers One side of the stream was marshy so that he pushed into tall grass and cat-tails and startled an indignant kingfisher who was dozing on a dead tree. The Windy Hill The belted kingfisher bores into the bank of the river and rears his family of six or eight in the dark, ill-odoured chamber at the end. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year As I was stooping down, hidden by a rock, I saw a kingfisher slowly floating toward the beach. Laboulaye's Fairy Book On this, Morpheus appears to Halcyone, in the form of her husband, and she is changed into a kingfisher; into which bird Ceyx is also transformed. The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations A cuckoo sat on a gatepost singing his broken June tune, ‘cuckoo-cuk,’ while a busy kingfisher crossed from the mill-stream to the brook which ran on the other side of the meadow. Puck of Pook’s Hill So fatal is this net when skilfully set, that I know one man who adds several pounds to his income in the course of a year by taking kingfishers in this manner. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Young cuckoos and kingfishers are the quaintest of young birds. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The kingfisher is a sacred bird which should always be respected; knowing this, I let it alight and did not stir, for fear of frightening it. Laboulaye's Fairy Book The sun bathed with its rays that portion which was bordered with large trees, among which kingfishers were skimming about. Adventures of a Young Naturalist On the way down the cañon, as we were going to Denver, I was able to add three belted kingfishers to my bird-roll of Colorado species, the only ones I saw in the Rockies. Birds of the Rockies Small nets of a few yards long, made of fine black silk, with a small mesh, are used in some parts of the country for taking kingfishers. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. As the kingfisher and loon appear to know long ahead when the first bit of clear water will appear, so the first insect on the wing seems to be anticipated by a feathered flycatcher. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Greatly astonished at what I had seen, I returned the next morning at the same hour, and at the same hour the kingfisher also alighted on the sands and the adder came from its retreat. Laboulaye's Fairy Book She always felt battered after a conversation with Irene, and needed kingfisher blue to restore her. Miss Mapp She showed him a red jay; a tiny gold-crest perched on a thorn branch; a kingfisher gleaming with turquoise hues, poised ready for a dive upon a froth-lapped stone. The Long Portage The sparrow, the swallow, the kingfisher, the heron, the wild duck, the wood-pigeon, the pheasant, the coot, the woodcock, the terns, the gulls, etc.., are some common forms which occur to me. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Off to her nest goes the kingfisher, bearing to her brood the struggling sixth. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Scarcely had the kingfisher and the adder embraced each other when, behold! the cat gathered itself up and sprang upon these innocents. Laboulaye's Fairy Book In time, I hope to show you prettier things—peacocks and kingfishers, butterflies and flowers,—on grounds of gold, and the like, as they were in Byzantine work. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 Wherever I go in this valley I am troubled by a feeling of desolation: a curious feeling, as though some bright thing had fallen—a kingfisher, a dragon-fly. The Tragic Bride One very nice "screen" was exhibited at the "Fisheries," almost a reproduction of the woodcut illustrating the outside of Science Gossip, with the addition of a hawk striking the kingfisher. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Parrots, kingfishers, swifts, and hummingbirds are almost helpless on the ground, their feet being adapted for climbing about the branches, perching on twigs, or clinging to the hollows of trees. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year It was seven years since he had sat here first, and he looked expectantly about for the crested kingfisher. The Rapids A kingfisher, who had been perched on the rail of the hatch, flew off when he saw Bevis, whistling: "Weep! weep!" Wood Magic A Fable I had the feeling that some bright thing had fallen: a kingfisher, a dragonfly. The Tragic Bride And, as if in response to it, a kingfisher, perched on the limb of a dead tree by the beach, now and then utters its shrill, ear-piercing scream. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Perhaps we should consider the kingfisher the most barbarous of all the birds which form a shelter for their home. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year He now walked slowly across toward the river, and seated himself where, years before, he had watched the triumphant kingfisher. The Rapids But the kingfisher did not stay to answer. Wood Magic A Fable Out they both went on to the veranda, and in the fast-increasing light Nesta pointed out some trees below, on which sat groups of brightly-hued birds, not unlike kingfishers in appearance, but very much larger. Queensland Cousins This, like the kingfisher, sat solitarily upon a projecting stump, now and then dashing into the shallow water, and scooping up the small fishes, frogs, and Crustacea with its huge mandibles. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon A kingfisher would make short work of a box of fry, and other birds and beasts of various kinds are partial to them. Amateur Fish Culture It feeds very much like the kingfisher,—darting down from a branch to secure, with its bill, the active insects as they fly by. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Instead of coming quietly on tip-toe, as the brook had told him, he danced up, and the kingfisher heard him, and went off as before, whistling: "Weep, weep". Wood Magic A Fable I remember that beautiful bird, the kingfisher, by the Forest brooks, but now you never see one. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Exquisite miracle, when men could spin Jay's wing and belly of the kingfisher! The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Some years ago I was rearing some trout in a part of the country where many of the inhabitants bewailed the extermination of the kingfisher. Amateur Fish Culture They bear a strong outward resemblance to kingfishers, but are not further united to that group of birds. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Also with the sea; for the cod-fish told the seagull, who told the heron, who related the fact to the kingfisher, who informed me. Wood Magic A Fable Through the park flowed a famous river, of which the windings were haunted by herons and kingfishers, and the pleasant waters abounded in trout and salmon. St. Winifred's, or The World of School It seemed eons ago that he had had time to watch the kingfisher flying to his nest or the water-ousel ducking and teetering sociably at his feet. The Man from the Bitter Roots Since that time I have not agreed with the people who have stated that the kingfisher is almost extinct, at least in that part of the country. Amateur Fish Culture Here and there we see a cormorant, seated alone on the branch of a dead tree; or a kingfisher poises himself over the water, watching for his prey. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America While he was listening the kingfisher came back and perched on the hatch, and Bevis saw his ruddy neck and his blue wings. Wood Magic A Fable In the rivers, and different creeks, you number six species of the kingfisher. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The bird belongs to the kingfisher family, but does not hunt much for fishes, his favorite food being snakes. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent I may say that there are but few streams there, and that it is not at all an apparently likely place for kingfishers. Amateur Fish Culture Some naturalists have said that kingfishers do not make their own holes, but use those already made by other animals. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children "But you have no such azure as me," said the kingfisher. Wood Magic A Fable Let it suffice that the familiar bird with wings of two shades of blue is not a jay, nor even one of the Corviniæ, but a blood relation of the kingfishers and bee-eaters. Birds of the Indian Hills I suppose the placid lagoons still mirror the drifting pageants of cloudland, while the purple kingfishers flit from rock to rock, or poise, fluttering in the air, before they, plunge into the crystal water. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer I am quite sure that wherever any one begins to rear fish there he will find that kingfishers are fairly common. Amateur Fish Culture There is a kingfisher's nest in the British Museum, which I remember to have seen a few years ago. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Then there were speckled kingfishers, and also beautiful little blue and orange kingfishers, which we saw dash down like shots into the water searching for their prey. In the Wilds of Africa And flashing kingfishers that flew In sightless beauty, and the few Shadows the passing wild-beast threw. Look! We Have Come Through! How can it be a kingfisher if it don’t fish?” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy With the kingfisher I have already dealt at some length, so that I need say but little more with regard to it. Amateur Fish Culture "Papa," said May, "is not the kingfisher a very beautiful bird, and the most brightly coloured of all British birds?" Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children He picked up a stone and threw it angrily into the ragged tree from whence the sound had come, and one of the great grotesque-looking kingfishers of the country flew off. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range With a scream that rang out sharp and clear, it flew swiftly after the kingfisher, and so terrified it that it quickly dropped the fish and hurriedly flew away to a place of safety. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians But what I say is, how can that bird be a kingfisher if it don’t fish?” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy After a heron or kingfisher has been about a rearing pond the little fish will not feed for a considerable time, sometimes even for days. Amateur Fish Culture "Did you ever find a kingfisher's nest, papa?" Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children From the islands of marsh grass that floated down the stream, egrets and kingfishers flew away. Sacrifice Here and there a cormorant sat alone on the branch of a dead tree, or a kingfisher poised himself over the water, watching for his prey. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 “You might just as well say, how can it be a kingfisher if it don’t fish for kings.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Furthermore, he ordained that this worshipful guild which did so much towards encouraging cleanly habits should hold as its crest or cognizance within a garland argent and azure, a kingfisher proper. From a Terrace in Prague Mr. Gould, however, is of opinion that kingfishers drill their own holes. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children On the telegraph wire are butcher birds, hoopoos, kingfishers, and a vivid blue bird a little like a jay, the roller bird I believe. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Note.—The kingfisher is commonly known as the real “Halcyon” bird. A Book of Myths So what I say is, that it can’t be a kingfisher.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Moreover, you may see for yourself on the Old Town side of the tower of the Charles Bridge the bird within the garland, and will recognize it at once for a kingfisher. From a Terrace in Prague We will see if we cannot find a kingfisher's nest some time this summer. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children A kingfisher was sitting on it, when we came along, and flew off with a screech. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet In most kingfishers the nest is in a deep hole in the ground; in Tanysiptera it is said to be in a hole in the nests of termites, or sometimes in crevices under overhanging rocks. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays But the kingfishers cared nothing for her appearance. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The tower on the right bank end of the Charles Bridge bears every indication of dating from King Wenceslaus IV, as his device, the kingfisher, is found to figure in its decorative scheme. From a Terrace in Prague Oh yes, it is rare—rare like kingfishers, and sandpipers, and herons, and black eagles. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida And had Granya been caught into that evil problem, a kingfisher among cormorants? The Wind Bloweth The kingfisher makes its nest of the bones of the fish which it has eaten. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays The kingfishers were always in a hurry, and their colours were fussy and discordant. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The kingfisher scooped occasionally from his perch to return with a shining morsel, and the gray heron stalked among the pools like a duck on stilts, searching the muddy bottom for tender young frogs. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters You think the kingfisher and the black eagle have no better thing to live for than to become the decorations of a great personage's glass cabinets. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Perhaps it was the king of beasts, perhaps the kingfisher, a bright specimen of which was frequently seen to dart out from the banks, but we profess ignorance on this point. Black Ivory Female kingfishers are often equally brilliant with the male, and they build in holes in banks. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays A kingfisher of considerable size, and splendid colouring, frequents the banks of the streams. Mark Seaworth “They have beaks just like the kingfishers at home.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Now it was a white eagle, then a vividly plumaged kingfisher, or a kind of black, racket-tailed daw with glossy plumage. Middy and Ensign The kingfisher, in fact, did me the honour to say that I had wedded the circumstance to immortal verse; but that was his partiality. 'That Very Mab' Just then old Ogrebones, the kingfisher, came skimming along like a blue flash over the pond, and he settled on a twig near his hole in the bank. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn But it is a kingfisher all the same, though he does not fish as his ancestors may have done. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales It was the same with the lovely racket-tailed kingfishers and the fly-catchers, some of which had tails double the length of their own bodies, and of a delicacy that was beautiful in the extreme. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Here from a dry twig darted a kingfisher of dazzling blue, not upon a fish, but upon a beetle, which it bore off in triumph. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track I told you about that: it is a lengthy subject; but the kingfisher and I quite mastered it one day, and I daresay you will. 'That Very Mab' “Well, get out of the way,” said the kingfisher, bustling out of the nest and going towards the mouth of the hole. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn “You would not think that was a kingfisher?” said the doctor. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales I thought he had missed it, but Ebo ran ahead and returned directly with a most lovely kingfisher in glorious plumage. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas At home, in England, the kingfishers sit on twigs over the streams, and dive into the water and catch fish. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle The kingfisher is an optimist, and he told me I thought it was clever to be cynical; but that was when we had a few words one day. 'That Very Mab' Don’t you know who I am?” said the kingfisher, sitting upon a spray and looking very self-satisfied and important. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn For us the English fowler set The ambush of his whirling net; And by green Rother's reedy side The blue kingfisher flashed and died. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Frequently, too, they halted to watch the motions of some tiny humming-bird hovering like a living gem over the cup of a flower, or the flight of a gaudily painted kingfisher or parrot. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer At other times some lovely kingfisher, with elongated tail, settled almost within reach. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle It is wide enough at Midhurst for small boats, and is a very graceful stream on which to idle and watch the few kingfishers that man has spared. Highways and Byways in Sussex I’m the king—the kingfisher; and I order you off; so go at once.” Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn The air was full of kingfishers darting about and we immediately called the creek by their name. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 "I have seen kingfishers swallow minnows alive and whole, but that fish is too large for him to manage!" Stories of Birds “Yes, I expect it was one of them, or a kingfisher.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle The footpath beyond the homestead crosses a field where we find the Arun once again—here a stream winding between steep banks, sure home of kingfisher and water-rats. Highways and Byways in Sussex He proves by the evidence of his senses, and believes them in spite of the general report, that a dead kingfisher will not turn its breast to the wind. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) He watched with delight the kingfisher, and loved to distinguish the voices of the different birds. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money But this time the kingfisher did not swallow the fish. Stories of Birds "Now fetch three blades of dry grass from the lining of the kingfisher's nest," he said; and immediately two others were gone. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls And now the kingfishers were awake, and the woodlands nigh, and the tide began to gather force as it neared the narrower winding channel. The Mayor of Troy "Come away, beautiful flower," said the kingfisher; "do not waste your beauty in this melancholy mere; float away down the gleaming river where tall bulrushes grow and where you shall find companions." Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories Bough of the willow-tree Over the brook, Down darts a kingfisher, Look, baby, look! Child Songs of Cheer She was singing softly to herself when she heard the rattling cry of the kingfisher quite near. Stories of Birds What does a kingfisher know about a beaver dam anyway! Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Owls nested in the old wells; and most units were presently owning their owlets or kestrels or speckled kingfishers, miserable-looking birds. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad "As you like," said the kingfisher, "but you would not catch me spending my life under those barren walls," and away flew the kingfisher. Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories There are birds—for instance, jays, kingfishers, goldfinches—which are, taken absolutely, extremely brilliant in colouring. Lore of Proserpine The kingfisher "chuckled" deep down in his throat. Stories of Birds Am I mistaken, or are kingfishers less numerous than they were only a few seasons since? Nature Near London Storks nested in the town; there were rollers and kingfishers, and a hawk or two. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad The big kingfisher did not put in an appearance, and the sun-birds equally failed me: the smallest item of my collection measures two and a quarter inches, and is robed in blue, crimson, and sulphur. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The kingfisher itself, though so brightly colored, is by no means easy to see. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The kingfisher did not seem to hear her. Stories of Birds He was probably on his way to visit his nest, for though living by the streams kingfishers often have their nest a considerable way from water. Nature Near London The nests of the kingfisher and the sand-martin have already been described, that of the bank-myna belongs to May rather than to April. A Bird Calendar for Northern India A pair of kingfishers, showing their blue wings and splendid crests, fly screaming down the creek. Some Spring Days in Iowa The kingfisher comes out of his hole in the bank. Ways of Wood Folk Already four little baby kingfishers have pecked their way out of the white shells. Stories of Birds It was a great pleasure to see a kingfisher again. Nature Near London The nest of the pied kingfisher is a circular tunnel or burrow, more than a yard in length, excavated in a river bank. A Bird Calendar for Northern India But he leaves when a belted kingfisher comes screaming along the stream. Some Spring Days in Iowa A noisy kingfisher rattles about from tree to stump, like a restless busy-body. Ways of Wood Folk With another chuckle and rattle the kingfisher flew away to his fishing station over the pond. Stories of Birds Imagine an April morning, a kingfisher on a woody stream, poplar-leaves in the wind, a shower of sugar shaken suddenly from a sifter, and you have the man. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 The sunbirds, the fantail flycatchers, the orioles, the golden-backed woodpeckers, the white-breasted kingfishers and the black partridges call as lustily as ever, and the bulbuls continue to twitter to one another "stick to it!" A Bird Calendar for Northern India Birds roosted on the aforesaid dead branches—sooty ibis, white pelicans, crows, kingfishers, and here and there, like sentinels on the topmost branches, a white-headed eagle, with his hooked bill, dominating the scene. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa He could no more help trying to make women love him, than the kingfisher can help thrusting down his beak when the bright speckled sides of his prey flash through the water. Princess As they ate Phyllis told her brother about the kingfisher's nest and babies. Stories of Birds Undeviating tradition has fixed its goal at a sacred rock, haunted of heron and kingfisher, and wrapped around with woodland, beside a creek so tortuous as to simulate a series of enchanted lakes. The Astonishing History of Troy Town As if Mr. Rampant were to say, 'Cockatoos and kingfishers! where are my shooting-boots?' A Great Emergency and Other Tales Strings of dark ibis, of duck, and storks; small kingfishers all bejeweled, and greater kingfishers in black and white. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Halcyon days, ones of peace and tranquillity; anciently, days of calm weather in mid-winter, when the halcyon, or kingfisher, was supposed to brood. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson On their way the blue kingfisher flashed by, chuckling harshly deep down in his throat. Stories of Birds The kingfisher has become quite common on this side of the falls: but we have seen none of the summer duck since leaving that place. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. During some part of this last ceremony, a kingfisher making a noise in the trees, Otoo turned to me, saying, "That is the Eatooa" and seemed to look upon it to be a good omen. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 This includes thrushes, wrens, robins, bluebirds, orioles or, in fact, practically all birds but crows, blackbirds and kingfishers. Outdoor Sports and Games Falcons, vultures, kites, owls, hawks and crows of various kinds, francolins or black partridges, pelicans, wild-geese, ducks, teal, cranes, herons, kingfishers, and pigeons, are among the most common. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. So those unhappy mortals became the first kingfishers, happy at last in being reunited. The Curious Book of Birds Here were yellow butterflies, sandpipers and kingfishers, and now and then an eagle cleaved the dazzling blue overhead with magnificent wing-strokes. Diane of the Green Van A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune, 'cuckoo-cuk', while a busy kingfisher crossed from the mill-stream, to the brook which ran on the other side of the meadow. Puck of Pook's Hill All kinds of waterfowl are at all seasons abundant in the Nile waters, and especially frequent the pools left by the retiring river—pelicans, geese, ducks, ibises, cranes, storks, herons, dotterels, kingfishers, and sea-swallows. Ancient Egypt Thither also, at all seasons, repaired the stately heron, to devour the finny race; and thither came, on like errand, the splendidly-plumed kingfisher. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest A railing extends along the side of the wharf, and upon this railing the kingfisher perches, watching for his prey. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 The owl replied softly, telling her errand, praising the bravery of the frog, and evidently pleasing the kingfisher with the news of the death of his enemy the night-hawk. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays Blue-jays were screaming among leathern-leaved oaks, and the bluer kingfishers made their long diagonal flights from side to side of the river, chattering like magpies. Sevenoaks A small kingfisher is to be found here rarely, it is much like the Indian blue and reddish one, the white and black kingfisher is not seen here, although found at Jallalabad. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Over the wave, by the crystal brink, A kingfisher sits on a low, dead limb: He is always sitting there, I think,— And another, within the crystal brink, Is always looking up at him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 The belted kingfisher comes close to the house, where I can watch him fishing as I sit at the window. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Then the owl flew to a promontory and hailed the kingfisher. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays The female kingfisher often torments her devoted lover for half a day, coming and calling him, and then taking to flight. Sex and Society |
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