Kingfisher: Threat
Tuesday 23 April 2019, 14:07 by Harry Kiewiet | 5,065 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
The kingfisher lives mainly alone outside the breeding season and in pairs during the breeding season. The pair is highly territorial and tolerates no intruders. An intruder is chased away while the kingfisher makes loud calls.
This can last for half an hour and sometimes happen several times a day. Sometimes this leads to fierce fights in which the kingfishers grab each other by the beak and fall into the water. They then push each other under water, but fortunately these fights are short.
Young birds from the first brood that return are also driven out of the territory. I have observed several times that a young bird from the first brood was less than half a metre from the nest entrance of the second or third brood, which contained young birds.
About the author
Harry is een selfmade vogelfotograaf. Hij is coördinator van de ijsvogelwerkgroep en vrijwilliger in de weidevogelwerkgroep van natuur- en milieuvereniging 'Het Stroomdal' in Drenthe. Hij wil graag in zijn artikelen met tips & tricks laten zien hoe zijn foto's tot stand zijn gekomen.
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