A very wet raccoon on the edge of a marshy bay looks up at humans between the long green stalks of shoreline reeds, the water behind it. It's got a cute black and wet nose and wide white whiskers on either side of its nose, and of course, the telltale black mask across its face. Its round ears are alert.

Photo of a kingfisher, a small-medium sized bird that preys largely on fish and other aquatic vertebrates, is perched on a thin limb looking backward. They're curious birds with a sharp beak about as long as its head is wide and a tufted crop atop its head. They're mostly blue-gray but with a white neck and breast, and a dark patch circling below its neck, which I believe is why they are called "belted" kingfishers.