Greetings,
Last Friday a friend asked me about flocking in Forest Kingfishers and I
said that they often hang out in pairs. After fledging the young are seen
with their parents but I had no knowledge of them forming larger groups. Is
this others' understanding?
The reason I ask is that night I saw six of them roosting in a space no
greater than 1 400mm x 40mm x 40mm. Another bird was disturbed by our
spotlight about ten metres away. On Saturday night a bird which I presume to
be the seventh bird was perched about ten metres from the flock in the other
direction. I think that three of the group were in the same positions as the
Friday night and that the outliers were now closer to the centre of the
group.
I would be interested in any comments on this behaviour in this or related
species.
By the way we heard but did not see, Barn Owl, Boobook and Owlet Nightjar.
The tree-kangaroos, Grandma and Dorothy were really close to the road and
one Green Ringtail Possum came down to feed just above our heads. It was
eating a young stinging tree, Dendrocnide phytinophylla, with plenty of the
stinging hooks present on the leaves being eaten.
Regards,
Alan
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