Woodland Wildlife Spotlight: Belted Kingfisher

Where Maryland’s topography varies enough so that gentle or steep banks rise above the rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, and estuaries, and where trees are found along the water’s edge, you may find one of the state’s most fascinating birds: the belted kingfisher. A year-round resident, this colorful hunter lives throughout Maryland.

Wildlife Finds: Belted Kingfishers – Public Lands Interpretive Association

Native Species University of Maryland Extension

A Wandering Naturalist Follows the Kingfisher – Kingfisher Journey- Marina Richie

Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon

Kingfishers Nesting at Fossil Point – Kingfisher Journey- Marina Richie

BIRD GUIDE: THE BELTED KINGFISHER – Nature Anywhere

Place it, and they will come. Belted Kingfisher

A Wandering Naturalist Follows the Kingfisher – Kingfisher Journey- Marina Richie

A loud call and a flash of blue - Saint Paul Audubon Society

Did you know - Forest Preserve District of Will County

Belted kingfisher male hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy