River Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Alcedinidae
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
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“Naught was familiar but the heavens, from under whose roof the voyageur never passes; but with their countenance, and the acquaintance we had with river and wood, we trusted to fare well under any circumstances.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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