Sacred Kingfishers at Hastings, Vic 18/6/06

["Val Ford" <>]

Hi all

Three Sacred Kingfishers [not just one] were seen over wintering in Southern 
Victoria yesterday.

Starting on our Penboc [Peninsula Branch of the Bird Observers Club] outing at 
Hastings waterfront, in front of the Pelican Cafe, yesterday our group was 
overcome with disbelief.  Three kingfishers were seen on the mast of a boat on 
the mud flat at low tide only a few metres away from us and we were able to 
watch them taking turns flying down to the mud to feed then return to their 
perch.

Whilst we occasionally see them on the Mornington Peninsula over summer we 
don't see them groups.  Have these birds grouped together intending to fly back 
north and then changed their minds?

Regards
Val

Sorrento, Vic
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