Watched this with my own eyes.

My pond was about a year old and still had a large population of FHM. A heavy rain early in the day created a puddle in the yard about 6' in diameter. I kept seeing a Belted Kingfisher going back & forth between the pond & puddle about 30' apart. The repetitive activity seemed very peculiar to me so I walked down to investigate. There was 12-15 FHM in pristine condition in that puddle.

It dried up by the next day with almost 20. There was no connection at any time between the puddle & pond. I watched this bird stock the puddle without any doubt in my mind.



2008, 2011 & 2012 conference attendee.
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