Domain of Kingfishers
In 1993, The Hellbender Press of Knoxville published my essay “A walk on the Levee,” which included a description of the wintering ducks seen on March first of that year. Later in 1993, “The Levee Revisited,” included a description of threats to this natural area posed by development, and a lengthy description of the resident Belted Kingfisher. I also included brief comments on some Great Egrets spotted there during the fall migration.
In my written accounts of these adventures, I followed a convention common among bird watchers and other naturalists. Proper Names such as Northern Mockingbird and Great Blue Heron are capitalized. Common names such as mockingbird and heron are not.
I visited the Levee several days that fall and realized it was, at least for a time, the Belted Kingfisher’s land. The bird was a regular feature of the marsh. The following brief passages are a record of change from fall into winter in one particular year at Kingfishers Domain.
In 1993, The Hellbender Press of Knoxville published my essay “A walk on the Levee,” which included a description of the wintering ducks seen on March first of that year. Later in 1993, “The Levee Revisited,” included a description of threats to this natural area posed by development, and a lengthy description of the resident Belted Kingfisher. I also included brief comments on some Great Egrets spotted there during the fall migration.
In my written accounts of these adventures, I followed a convention common among bird watchers and other naturalists. Proper Names such as Northern Mockingbird and Great Blue Heron are capitalized. Common names such as mockingbird and heron are not.
I visited the Levee several days that fall and realized it was, at least for a time, the Belted Kingfisher’s land. The bird was a regular feature of the marsh. The following brief passages are a record of change from fall into winter in one particular year at Kingfishers Domain.
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