Azure kingfisher

Hello Lee,

I popped out to take a look this afternoon
at 3.15pm. I found a Sacred Kingfisher with plenty of buff colouring. It
had the full white collar which an Azure Kingfisher doesnt have. Whether
it is the same bird you saw I dont know. Its not impossible for an Azure
Kingfisher to show up there as one was reported from nearby willow-lined
Sullivans Creek back in the 90s.

At one point the Sacred Kingfisher investigated
a small tree hollow.

Cheers
Marnix

Lee Welling <>

27/09/2006 02:07 PM

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Subject	[canberrabirds] Azure kingfisher
Classification

Whilst walking on the dirt track that runs through
the wooded section 
of the eastern shore of Acton Peninsular, just near the old hospice, 
I saw the unmistakable sight of an Azure Kingfisher. It fluttered 
from tree to tree, maybe alarmed at my presence, but not enough to 
leave the area. When I later mentioned the sighting to a colleague - 
a more experienced birder than I - he informed me that that Azure 
Kingfishers are quite rare in the ACT. The sighting occurred at 
approximately 1.00 pm on Tuesday 26 September.
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