Both parents fish in earnest. The kingfisher is an ambush ... It thumps the catch against the branch to stun it—a lesson some young birds learn only after swallowing a stickleback that erects ...

By Stan Tekiela We are moving into the doldrums of summer. Gone are the fast-paced days of spring when the pre-dawns are filled with hundreds of singing birds and the cool nights are filled with a ...

The only surviving birds reside in captivity in zoos. Many kingfisher birds actually hunt and eat fish as part of their diet. The Micronesian kingfisher, however, survives mostly on a diet of ...