"Home for Dinner!"
This piece uses another of Debi Head Parnell's photographs.
When she posted this Belted Kingfisher, I asked to paint him.
This is one of several types of Kingfishers here in the states.
Interestingly, my friend in Zimbabwe Africa knew it was a Kingfisher.
Apparently, Africa has several types as well.
Some things I didn't know about Belted Kingfisher birds.
They are quite large, almost a foot tall!
The females are larger.
Their territory can be over 1/2 mile long.
The females are the ones with the ruddy chest while the males only have the blue band.
They nest in a riverbank.
Their feet are called syndactyl, meaning they have two of their toes fused together.
Their fused toes make digging into the mud along a river or lake easier.
Their nests can be up to 15 feet deep!
Sometimes swallows will move in and add rooms along the corridor of the nest.
Fun to learn about, even more fun to paint!
Home for Dinner!, Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 40 inches
Day 25 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2022
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