Birds of the Riverbank : The Kingfisher

One of the most beautiful and colourful birds of the river is the Kingfisher. Living off a diet of minnows sticklebacks and baby fish. These birds eye have developed such that they can take into account the refraction of the water when looking for fish.

The male and female look almost identical apart from the lower mandible which is red on the female.
Often perching on branches at their favourite fishing spots they can be seen diving for food and the flying back to the nest to feed their young.
Normally laying a clutch of 4 bright blue eggs Both mother and father feed the young and protect their territory very well.

There is no better sight that watching these birds dive into the water and return with a fishes almost every time

Info from Wikipedia

Kingfisher
Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found outside the Americas.
Scientific name: Alcedinidae
Higher classification: Coraciiformes
Kingdom : Animalia
Mass : Common kingfisher: 31 g, Belted kingfisher: 150 g, MORE Encyclopedia of Life
Length : Common kingfisher: 17 cm, Belted kingfisher: 33 cm, MORE Encyclopedia of Life
Did you know: All kingfishers have excellent vision and can see into the water – even adjusting for refraction, which can make a fish look closer to the surface than it really is.