A spectacular sight here this-morning, when one Azure Kingfisher fluttered
its wings at another from an adjacent branch and then commenced to fly in a
tight circle around the other bird, which crouched during the performance.
The two birds, both apparently well-coloured adults, continued to-ing and
fro-ing for several minutes in and out of our view from the verandah, but
clearly in a sustained interaction.
We watched a more extended version of this same activity in September of
last year when two Azure Kingfishers alternated flying around each other,
interspersed with a lot of bobbing, crouching, beak-clapping and
wing-fluttering. Then, as today, the flashing of blues and reds in the
sunlight was literally breath-taking. What a privilege!
We've had some rain lately, and Lockyer Creek has recovered a few
centimetres of what it lost during the dry early part of the year.
But, can this be courtship in early May?
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
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