[tn-bird] Re: Kingfisher Question

  • From: "Ken Allen" <kena@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:26:29 -0400

Robert,

What size was this bird? Was it the same size, more or less of a Belted K-f?
Larger? Smaller?

Ken Allen
Temple Terrace, FL
kena@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert" <rwf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: [tn-bird] Kingfisher Question


>
> Hi Birders,
>
> I have a question about a bird I saw along the Texas coast.
> It was obviously a Kingfisher, but it was jet black, not
> blue nor green. It had no red on its breast. It had just
> black and white in a Kingfisher pattern.
>
> I am open to it's being a Green Kingfisher because we were
> very close to Mexico. We saw this kind of "black" kingfisher
> in direct sunlight, in overcast conditions and in the rain.
>
> Has anyone seen this newfangled "black" kingfisher, or was I
> looking at a "Belted" or a "Green Kingfisher"?
>
> Thanks for helping
>
> Robert Fowler
> Memphis TN
>
>
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