Red-backed Kingfisher(RBK)

[Julian Robinson <>]

Roger - what a startling and interesting development.  I can't see
your images 2 or 3, just get 'Page cannot be found', but 0 and 1 are
OK.  Great to have photos of such a rarely seen event.

Did you get wet up to your armpits?

Julian




At 08:44 AM 1/12/2007, roger curnow wrote:
> Hi All
>  
> Ginninderra Creek rose a couple of feet last night, washing away the dead
> tree the RBK generally sit in and many Fairy Martin nests.
> A small landslide would appear to have removed the RBKs' entrance hall
> and exposed two eggs.
>  
> see:
>  http://www.canberrabridgeclub.com.au/Photos/Roger/image-1.jpg
>  
> The hole top right is one that i have seen both  Striated Pardelotes
> and RBKs enter.
> Indeed both did several times in the next 10 minutes.
>  
> Here is the an RBK doing it.
>  
>  http://www.canberrabridgeclub.com.au/Photos/Roger/image-3.jpg
>  http://www.canberrabridgeclub.com.au/Photos/Roger/image-2jpg
>  
> So maybe those are turtles eggs.
> But if they are the RBKs were very interested in them. This was the
> situation for much of the half hour i watched.
>  http://www.canberrabridgeclub.com.au/Photos/Roger/image-0.jpg
>  
>         roger
>  
> Warning: You can't cross the creek right now without getting wet at least
> to your (or my) armpits.
>
>
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