Category: kingfisher

The Delicate Art of Kingfisher Feather ‘Enameling’

For a newlywed couple in 19th-century China, it’s the end of a joyous day of marriage rites and the beginning of their life together as they step into their bed chamber. She wears a striking gold and turquoise bridal coronet that’s embellished with semiprecious gems and a veil of pearls. As per Chinese tradition, the…


Photographer Captures 2 Kingfishers Battling It Out Mid-Air in Ferocious Fight Over Territory

These kingfishers look like two very angry birds—the pair were caught on camera battling it out mid-air over breeding territory. Photographer Jonathon Rosborough, 25, from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, took the pictures along a river called Sixmile Water, in Antrim, Northern Ireland. The pictures show two brightly colored kingfishers wresting for domination over one another in…