As U. of I. tries to move on after exiling Chief Illiniwek, the belted kingfisher is gaining highly visible support as potential mascot

Here and there, more and more, the blue and orange bird known as the belted kingfisher is starting to appear outside its normal habitat of lakefronts and riverbanks.It has become widespread around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where its visage has been captured in neighborhood murals and on students' T-shirts and face masks.

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