Photo 10163461, (c) Priyantha Wijesinghe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Priyantha Wijesinghe

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What

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Observer

elaphrornis

Date

August 31, 2017 02:05 PM EDT

Description

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon = Ceryle alcyon), female. Big John's Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (East Side), Broad Channel, Queens, NY. Initially disturbed (unfortunately) from off emergent bare vertical stems near hide (hide holes perhaps too large?), later photographed at edge of pond (extreme right from hide) as seen in photo.

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