Red-backed Kingfisher(RBK)

[John Brannan <>]

What are the odds that a slip would so neatly expose the RBK's nest hollow and still leave the eggs (or two of them anyway) sitting there in clear view. Do you think this is how David Attenborough does it? :-)
All credit to Roger for getting out there and finding this.

John Brannan

Steve Holliday wrote:

Roger, this is fascinating. The eggs could well be the RBKs, turtle eggs are more elongated. Also turtles completely bury their eggs rather than having a tunnel to them, and I think maybe use flatter sites for nesting.

 

Hopefully the RBKs will renest, assuming the eggs in the photo are theirs.

 

cheers

 

Steve

----- Original Message -----

From: m("bigpond.net.au","rcurnow");">roger curnow

To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">COG

Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:44 AM

Subject: [canberrabirds] Red-backed Kingfisher(RBK)

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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