Belted Kingfisher – Bad Hair Day

A few weeks ago I was out for a drive when I ended up on the mine hill bridge, watching the water.  I kept hearing a strange sound (go to the following site to listen to what I was hearing: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/belted_kingfisher/sounds )  that I had never heard before so I started looking around to find the source of the sound.  I finally noticed where the sound was coming from…………it was a strange looking bird sitting on a wire above the river.  I thought this is one ugly bird or it was a female bird having an awful bad hair day.  After taking a few photos of the bird, I headed home to call my sister (bird watcher) to find out what kind of bird looked like it was having a bad hair day and within a few minutes, she had my answer.  She told me it was a Belted Kingfisher so I got on the internet, typed in Belted Kingfisher, and there were many pictures of the same bird I had seen.  By the description on the internet, my bird is either a youngster or a female because of the rust markings on the chest.  Glad my sister is so knowledgeable when it comes to birds cause I could look forever trying to find out what the different birds are that I capture with my camera.