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It's moving on at the river.
The first brood have fledged. I missed the actual fledging but I did see 3, maybe 4 young hanging around the site as well as both parents, that was on the 4/06/21.
Then it went quiet......
I spent quite a lot of time at the nest site. There were no signs of kingfishers for over a week, adult or young birds. I did think I heard the odd peep of an adult, probably the male calling but no sightings or activity in any other way. I had expected the adults to move to another nest excavation nearby but there was no sign of this. I was dismayed. I managed to spend time with another kingfisher locally (away from its nest), which helped pass the lull at my licenced site.
Yesterday (14/06/21) was much the same pattern. My routine has been never to go straight to the nest site, I've always looked from up river, walked by the site, then looked from down river to see if there's any activity or anybody around before going to the site itself. It was on my down river lookout that I heard a kingfisher calling yesterday, it was the male, doing the peep he does when calling the female. I'd heard this at the first nest, he would call her when she was sitting on the nest and she would come out. This is the call I heard yesterday. I carried on walking down river, and eventually, saw the tell tale signs of kingfisher activity on the opposite bank. I sat and waited and within a few minutes, the male arrived. Not long after, the female appeared on a branch sticking from the banking, so I can only pressume, she had come off the nest. They had no idea I was waitching and just carried on with their business. I sat and watched for a while and then, left them to it. I later saw the female disappear under a lip of over hanging grass along the top of the riverbank.
So, happy days, we're on again, the pair appear to have moved a little way along the river and still within my licence boundary. I think angles might be easier and better at this site as it's not quite so overgrown, it only has remnants of Burma, whereas the original site, is now full Burma.
For those that might be new to my kingfisher antics, all Sched 1 requirements have been met.
This is very raw video and un edited, I've not yet made any inroads into setting up for photography or otherwise as of yet. I'll have to check out the site and insure no undue disturbance will happen before I even contemplate putting out perches. it's not quite so public at this point either, which helps put some of my anxieties to rest.
The male.
View: https://youtu.be/oDAzPZXDETs
The first brood have fledged. I missed the actual fledging but I did see 3, maybe 4 young hanging around the site as well as both parents, that was on the 4/06/21.
Then it went quiet......
I spent quite a lot of time at the nest site. There were no signs of kingfishers for over a week, adult or young birds. I did think I heard the odd peep of an adult, probably the male calling but no sightings or activity in any other way. I had expected the adults to move to another nest excavation nearby but there was no sign of this. I was dismayed. I managed to spend time with another kingfisher locally (away from its nest), which helped pass the lull at my licenced site.
Yesterday (14/06/21) was much the same pattern. My routine has been never to go straight to the nest site, I've always looked from up river, walked by the site, then looked from down river to see if there's any activity or anybody around before going to the site itself. It was on my down river lookout that I heard a kingfisher calling yesterday, it was the male, doing the peep he does when calling the female. I'd heard this at the first nest, he would call her when she was sitting on the nest and she would come out. This is the call I heard yesterday. I carried on walking down river, and eventually, saw the tell tale signs of kingfisher activity on the opposite bank. I sat and waited and within a few minutes, the male arrived. Not long after, the female appeared on a branch sticking from the banking, so I can only pressume, she had come off the nest. They had no idea I was waitching and just carried on with their business. I sat and watched for a while and then, left them to it. I later saw the female disappear under a lip of over hanging grass along the top of the riverbank.
So, happy days, we're on again, the pair appear to have moved a little way along the river and still within my licence boundary. I think angles might be easier and better at this site as it's not quite so overgrown, it only has remnants of Burma, whereas the original site, is now full Burma.
For those that might be new to my kingfisher antics, all Sched 1 requirements have been met.
This is very raw video and un edited, I've not yet made any inroads into setting up for photography or otherwise as of yet. I'll have to check out the site and insure no undue disturbance will happen before I even contemplate putting out perches. it's not quite so public at this point either, which helps put some of my anxieties to rest.
The male.
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