Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Azure Kingfisher

[Martin Butterfield <>]

Con

I am a tad surprised that you link the word 'funky' with members of COG.  I'd have targeted that more at the inhabitants of ADFA (or helicopter pilots from any Defence establishment). Could this mean that the corvids from the Duntroon Golf Course have extended their diet from golf balls to eye-wear!  

Alternatively I wonder what you mean by 'funky'.  If it extends to 'rose-tinted' perhaps you should extend your enquiries to Parliament House which is relatively nearby, and where such items are de rigeur for members of the Government viewing their popularity ratings.

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 21 August 2014 10:03, Con Boekel <> wrote:

Geoffrey

LOL.  I forgot to mention several other facts which may be pertinent:

(1) the Angus cow which had been hanging around (solitarily) near the Molongolo end of the backwater has, as hypothesised by Steve, given birth to a healthy calf. She had that sort of head-up, wild-eyed look that new cow mums sometimes have. COGites should not take their cattle dogs near the end of the backwater because she would, IMHO, charge. The calf was sleeping very, very close to one of the preferred perches of the Azure Kingfisher(s). What do we know about bovine/Azure Kingfisher interactions?  Did the new cow mum chase away the Azure Kingfisher?

(2) While, once again, trudging disconsolately from the backwater, I came across a pair of funky glasses. The frame is seriously bent. Was the owner chased into the Molongolo by an enraged new cow mum? Has a COGite dropped his (or her) glasses while on a Wild Azure Kingfisher Chase? If the latter, please let me know and we can arrange for the return of the glasses.

Con

On 21/08/2014 9:44 AM, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:

Obviously there were two kingfishers, and both left at the same time.  Could
this be evidence of breeding?

-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel [
Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 9:13 AM
To: COG list
Subject: Azure Kingfisher

Yesterday morning Steve and Lyndon were at the hide site, and I was at the
backwater site at the same time and neither party recorded the Azure
Kingfisher.

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