i was just drying some dishes and looking out the window when the kingfisher arrived . suddenly i realized it was watching our little pond with the comets in it rather that the big pond . i hated to do it but i scared it away . i thought last week that we were missing maybe a half dozen fish and now i see that i may be correct . a couple years ago i saw it with a bluegill that had to weigh more that the bird did . it sat in the tree with it for a while and then flew to other side of big pond . i couldn't believe it could fly with that size fish and there is no way it could have eaten it . cool bird but i expect it will dine here regularly now that it has ,apparently , started . there are about 12 ponds in this development and about a twenty acre lake behind houses across the road , i don't know why it couldn't have chosen one of them . at least the blue heron has just been flying past and not stopping although i would welcome it if it were going to eat chipmunks like it did last year . . .peace