Kingfisher companions
Two pictures from my morning walk. They were perched on the fence beside the man-made river that keeps this part of Singapore from reverting to a swamp.
These are different from the one I photographed last time – these are white collared kingfishers, smaller, with black beaks. They seem to hang out in pairs or family groups. You can see why traditional Chinese jewelers used their feathers in earrings an dhair ornaments. These are bluer than the ones I’ve seen in the US or New Zealand – those have piratical-looking headcrests and tend toward greenness.
