No photos as a) didn’t have a camera and b) one was id’d by sound, but today, 2 rare birds while on my walk.
First of all, I heard a barred owl, two in fact, one was close, the other answering his call, further out. Such a distinctive hoot! Now I know he/they are there, I’ll be keeping an eye out!
Then a belted kingfisher, I saw and heard him, he was zipping around a small pond just on the trail I walk on near me. Never seen one before.