Elena the Green Kingfisher

Elena, the green kingfisher, is on the move, searching for a new place to call home because her waterfront dwelling has been lost to “progress.” The great fisher bird has been living in Texas near the border of Mexico for many years, but now she is flying for Arizona where there is still room for her. Elena is willing to sit for long hours over the water to feed her family, but lately she has been sitting too long and finding too little. Kingfishers can eat grasshoppers, but for all of her life, Elena has been perching over water and diving headfirst to catch fish.

You might think that birds can live just anywhere, but this is not the case. It is hard to change ways that are part of our being. Just like Claire, the polar bear, kingfishers have special diets and special needs in a special part of Terra. If they lose their habitat and find another, what might happen if they find the very last one? Perhaps there is something that we can do to help …