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Kingfishers Diving From The Perch (Video)

It looks like Kingfisher Perch V2.0 is finally starting to be a success! As you will see in the video below, there was a lot of activity yesterday and this morning. The Trail Cam seems to be having an issue. The way it works is that if motion is detected, 1 minute is recorded, however, for some reason, it doesn’t seem to record another minute if action continues. I will be looking into this, but at least I have some action to show which is as follows;

1st June at 3:16pm – A brief visit from what looks like the male.
1st June at 5:02pm – The sun has dropped behind the trees on the river bank so the perch is in the shadows, its difficult to tell if it’s a male or female.
1st June at 5:11pm – Again, difficult to tell the sex, but a dive for fish, this time a failed attempt.
2nd June at 7:00am – Difficult to tell, but I think it’s the male, 2 successful dives for fish. Also near the end another Kingfisher (I suspect the female) flies left to right and then back right to left before perching out of sight, but very vocal.

Listen out for all the other bird noises in the clips, there are Bee Eaters, Iberian Magpies, Iberian Chiffchaff and Nightingale to name a few.

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Ducklings Fighting (In The Cutest Sense) Over A Crayfish (Video)

Not much activity on the new Kingfisher perch, however, there was a good capture of 2 Ducklings fighting over a Crayfish, of course, Ducklings fighting is always going to be cute fighting rather than vicious.

As you will see, Mother Duck is close to hand. She did have five Ducklings, maybe the other 3 are just out of shot, or maybe they have been taken by a Fox or Mongoose.

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Update From The Kingfisher Perch

It seems that I need to modify the Kingfisher perch. I have a feeling that it’s too thick for the Kingfisher to perch as it seems they prefer the top of the pole or right side instead.

This is in interesting clip of the male because he seems to be shaking off water as it he’s dived nearby. It’s only a very short clip as the camera had already been triggered by an Iberian ChiffChaff which you can hear singing at the beginning of the clip.

Of course, what this video does prove (along with This Post) is that there is a Male and Female resident, which will probably mean they are a breeding pair!

Also, there seems to be other activity around the perch too as there was some Otter Spraint (poo) on the floor nearby. I would have taken a photo, but my disgusting dog decided to eat it before I had the chance! Therefore, today I will be changing the perch and also moving the camera to get a wider shot and switch it to work at night too.

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Another “Close But No Cigar” With The Kingfishers This Morning

I was at the river at just past 6am this morning, hidden well in the reeds. It was light, but the sun was still below the horizon. Almost immediately, a Kingfisher landed on a bamboo less than 1 metre away from me, chirping its high-pitched tweet to another Kingfisher out of sight. The Kingfisher flew and another landed in the same spot, stayed for a few seconds before flying down-stream, following the first.

I waited for an hour before the sun was lighting the river but yet again after almost 4 hours, no such luck getting a shot in flight. On one occasion, a Kingfisher came flying towards me and I was tracking it ok but it didn’t quite fly into the area I had predicted so no close up shot. I did get this distance shot that I’ve cropped in. As you can see, although a terrible picture, it shows the Kingfisher with a Crayfish in its mouth. No wonder, they are not interested in my perch with its tiny fish to catch!

Although another disappointing morning, I am learning a little about their patterns which should help get the shot I’m looking for. I will continue!

Kingfisher with Crayfish

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Kingfisher On The Perch! (Video)

It may not be what I need, but at least one has landed on the perch. As you can see, this is a female due to the red lower beak, males are black. Could this be Princessa? Quite possible, I really hope so.

Interestingly enough, this was captured at 11:23am which is around a similar time to when my Nature Walk came near this area. It could be that she landed on the perch to hide from us.

Princessa? Maybe.

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