Jim Davis <ydavis@hkg.odn.ne.jp> writes: > DSmall9917@aol.com wrote/replied to: > > >Jim--- Kawasemi Kloseup <snip> > I'm in Japan so that bird was shot here. I gather it's in many other > places in the world too. Thanks for the nice comments. Yes, it's a kingfisher. I've never seen one, but they are very familiar >from childhood books and tea card collections. Seems to extend across Eurasia, but I guess not N. America? Here's a good page: http://212.187.155.84/wnv/Subdirectories_for_Search/SpeciesKingdoms/0Families_ACrAv_Coraciiformes/Alcedinidae/alcedo/Alcedo_atthis/Alcedo_atthis.html Brian Chandler ---------------- geo://Sano.Japan.Planet_3 Jigsaw puzzles from Japan at: http://imaginatorium.org/shop/
