CAMBRIDGESHIRE BIRD CLUB GALLERY: Common Kingfisher

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Common Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher, Ferry Meadows Country Park, © Mike Weedon.
Adult males can easily be told from adult females by their all-dark lower mandible. While juveniles show dark bills as well, their plumage is more subdued and they have grey feet.

1 comment:

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J; 10:46 PM

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Welcome to the photo section of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club website.

As well as featuring some superb photographs of birds regularly occurring in Cambridgeshire, this gallery also serves as a photographic record of some of the rarer and more interesting sightings from around the county.

All photographs of Cambridgeshire birds are welcomed for submission and should be mailed to Garth Peacock. However, only photographs by members of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club are eligible for selection as Picture of the Month and vote of CBC Photograph of the Year, which are displayed on the Club's homepage.

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