Piper the belted kingfisher was ready for his close-up. Stephanie Briggs caught this image on Fort Loudoun Lake. Native to Tennessee, belted kingfishers are year-round residents. Their numbers are in decline, however, due to habitat loss and water pollution.
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Beth Kinnane
Beth Kinnane is a Fountain City native and graduate of Knoxville Central High School. An English major at the University of Tennessee, she was a reporter for The Knoxville Journal the last two years of its existence. In her other life, she's a thoroughbred pedigree and bloodstock consultant.
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