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To: Chris Sanderson <>
Subject: Partners
From: Penny Brockman <>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:18:25 +1000
Some years ago I watched a NZ Sacred Kingfisher working on a nest hole in a high bank besides the road. It had only made a small indentation so far in the quite hard soil. It was perching in a tree the other side of the road and then flying straight at the mark it had made and hitting it hard with its bill. It tried to hang on and hit again but there was nothing to purchase on and so it fell back, turned and flew back to the perching branch to recover. This was repeated again and again and I had to leave it with still only a small indentation made.
Hi Graham,

Kingfishers do fly headfirst into termite mounds to dig their nests.  It's
hilarious to watch.  Can't comment on the third, but with the crocodile
culls of a few years back it may have some basis in truth.

Regards,
Chris

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Graham Turner <>
wrote:

Need to be a bit careful with guides and what they say. When I did the
yellow waters cruise we were told that Little Kingfishers were 5cm high,
that kingfishers fly head first into termite mounds to dig their nests and
that the rivers were overpopulated with fish and that they needed to be
culled, by recreational fishing.

Not impressed.

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