TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Solo Male Belted Kingfisher Belted Kingfisher-Ceryle alcyon I know--It's not Ohio but I thought you'd like to see this anyway. On a recent trip to Hurricane Katrina devastated SE Louisiana, we visited Jean Lafitte National Park, portions of which were heavily damaged. Yet, birds were everywhere! Here is a Male Belted Kingfisher-Ceryle alcyon along the Kenta Canal. Wow! Photo: Dec 19, 2005, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera, Canon 500mm IS f/4.0L

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.