{"id":22198,"date":"2017-11-08T17:34:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T01:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=22198"},"modified":"2017-11-08T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T01:34:56","slug":"kingfisher-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=22198","title":{"rendered":"Kingfisher behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I see the Belted Kingfisher perhaps once a week. It is usually just foraging and, after a brief pause, it moves on to a different location to hunt.<\/p>\n

Yet, over time one builds up a repertoire of kingfisher behaviour. The first five pictures are old; the last three are from yesterday.<\/p>\n

The kingfisher is often seen watching for small fish while perched (2013 Oct. 10).
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Or it might be flying (2017 Jul. 30).
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Occasionally, the kingfisher is seen to hover over prey (2013 May 26).
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Often enough, it manages to catch and consume a small fish (2016 July 25).
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Now and then it is seen to squabble with another kingfisher (2016 July 16).
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By way of contrast to squabbling, sometimes one can see two of them mate (2017 May 6).
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It is not that I doubted that kingfishers pooped, but yesterday was the first observation.
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What was unexpected was the sight of a kingfisher casting a pallet (burping up fish bones).
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However, the best kingfisher shot of the day was this one.
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