The Belted Kingfisher searches for a meal from a perch above the water or on the wing. Once prey has been caught it's carried to a tree, rock or log where it is beaten, pounded and pierced until fit for consumption. (Alexandria, VA)
The Belted Kingfisher calls while perched looking for a meal.
Calling out while flying over a pond looking for a fish to catch.
A fish spotted, the kingfisher hovers over the water preparing to dive.
The kingfisher takes its freshly speared catch to a tree to beat and stab it into an edible meal.
First, the fish has to be removed from the beak.
After stabbing and beating the fish on the tree limb, the meal is positioned for swallowing.
