Belted kingfishers are supreme at high-diving, plunging into unerring captures of fish to eat - Cambridge Day

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A kingfisher perches on a high branch, post or telephone wire until it spots a small fish, then dives headfirst into the water from 20 feet or more in the air – still somehow able to gauge depth and compensate for the refraction of water to accurately catch their prey.

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