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highplainsdem

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8. Great photo!
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:21 PM
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I saw a kingfisher like that perched on the windowsill just outside my bedroom window one morning years ago. Really startled me - I'd never seen one so close, maybe 10 feet away - but there are lots of minnows in the small creek half a block away, and that creek has attracted other birds you'll find around water, including ducks and even egrets once. Also a bald eagle that first showed up, perching in an old tree leaning out over the creek, when it was still young and its head hadn't turned white yet.

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Two eyes........ enough Wednesday #1
fresh out of the water RainCaster Wednesday #2
Great catch! For both you and the Belted Kingfisher! It's a great shot. Thanks, dear Bo! CaliforniaPeggy Wednesday #3
great shot moonshinegnomie Wednesday #4
Kingfishers are hard to capture. Grumpy Old Guy Wednesday #5
That fish seems less excited jfz9580m Wednesday #6
This is one of the... 2naSalit Wednesday #7
Great photo! highplainsdem Wednesday #8
Anyone else imagine a mini T-Rex in that bird's expression? Auggie Wednesday #9
With that hair and those crazed eyes, I could call him ... Pete Hegseth! Bo Zarts Wednesday #10
LOL Auggie Wednesday #11
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