[tn-bird] Re: Kingfisher Question
- From: Robert <rwf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:10:29 -0500
Robert wrote:
> 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"?
Here is where I saw some of the black colored kingfishers.
Sept 24 at 7am on a fence post in the Sabine Marais in Louisiana
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=15&n=3313664&e=438200
Sept 28 at 1pm on an unnamed pier in Point Comfort,Texas
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=14&n=3171058&e=740034
Sept 29 at 8am in the Aransas NWR in Texas
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=14&n=3127146&e=715853
Oct 1 at 2pm in Casa Blanca Park in Laredo, Texas
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=14&n=3047959&e=456834
I apologize for any confusion.
Thanks for helping
Robert Fowler
Memphis TN
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