Berkshire Eagle

There are 118 species of kingfishers found in the world. Only 1 lives in the Berkshires

One morning, as I am walking down the hill toward the marshy area on my road listening to the wonderful, behind-the-scenes chorus of the resident warblers — chestnut-sided, redstart, yellow, ...
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How do kingfishers avoid concussions when diving? It might be in their genes

There are many different species of kingfisher, and those that eat fish hunt by repeatedly diving head-first into the water when they spot tasty prey without suffering brain injuries like concussions.
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Two Extinct-in-the-Wild Guam Kingfishers Hatch at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Photos and video are available to download in the Zoo’s newsroom. Bird keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are celebrating the arrival of two Guam kingfisher chicks that ...
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Endangered Guam Kingfisher Hatches at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A tiny egg nestled in an incubator at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute began wiggling and cracking April 22 until a featherless Guam ...