The shore angler was returning from casting and reeling at a beach on the Dingle Peninsula when he came upon a family of distinctive birds looking as if they had either just arrived in the Kingdom or had been around for a while.
Not many readers will have heard of a belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), halcyon bird of Greek mythology, or indeed have seen one. It is a rare native of the US but it is illustrated in a brochure of “commonly seen local birds” of the Florida Keys, where thousands of Irish holidaymakers go every year. I have a beer mug from Sloppy Joe’s in Key West.
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