Photography Wild Delmarva on 28 Jun 2009 09:31 am
home is a hole in the ground…
Did you know Belted Kingfishers nest in the ground? Oddly enough, construction projects like road building that usually dooms wildlife habitat creates nesting sites for Kingfishers. They like to burrow into dirt banks near water. So, when gravel pits are dug for construction projects or dirt is piled in mounds new possible kingfisher nesting sites are created. Their tunnels rise upward from the entrance and may be anywhere from one to eight feet deep.
Photograph by Kevin Fleming
on 29 Jun 2009 at 5:40 am 1.Pat said …
This is very interesting information……had no idea about their nesting habits. (Photo is great, too.)
on 01 Jul 2009 at 8:31 am 2.Matt Sarver said …
Nice pic, Kevin. I hope you submitted that record to the DE Breeding Bird Atlas!