Kuching Kingfisher

Kingfishers are a group of brightly colored birds 

with short legs and tails,
big heads, 

and long powerful beaks

They eat insects,
small vertebrates, 

and fish and 

are almost always associated with water

They nest in burrows in the ground, 

in tree trunks, river banks, or termite mounds

It is said that the seven days 

prior to the shortest day of the year in December

is the time to build their nests and 

then seven days afterwards to hatch the eggs

This Kingfisher is often seen perching on the high wire

near my house