meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
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This wee fellow moved from tree to tree beside me as I walked this morning, wonderful to seei 🥰
#birds #birdwatching #kingfisher #kotare #peekaboo
meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
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#kingfisher #kotare #walking #walkies #dogsofmastodon
I saw this kingfisher a number of times today, well hidden in the branches of the gum tree.
Sky had a lovely time trying to engage in play with a Huntaway cross who was Frisbee fixated.
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
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#DailyWalk #scenery #kōtare #kingfisher
Two different gum trees with two different draw cards - the first looked stunning with the scattered clouds in the background, the second one has a darling kōtare in the branches - my favourite 😍
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
338 followers · 1638 posts · Server mastodon.nz#DailyWalk today was the second time ever that I have seen two #kōtare #kingfisher where I walk, both at the same time 🥰😍🤩
I quite often see one but two is double the thrill.
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
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Another very beautiful morning walk. A #Kōtare #kingfisher was one of the first birds seen today, my favourite 😍
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
323 followers · 1545 posts · Server mastodon.nz@NorCal_Lynne I have had two separate people tag me in photos of kingfishers today! #kōtare #kingfisher #myhappyplace
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
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Low tide, lots of kingfishers enjoying plenty of kai, putting on a great show.
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Heather · @HeatherInNZ
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I love this kōtare mural on the side of my local dairy. Cheers me up every time I walk past.
Bjorn Idle · @BjornIdle
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This not the actual bird I can hear outside in the park just now, but it is one of these - a Kotare, or Sacred Kingfisher. 5 or 6 short "kek"-like calls one after another.
I'm used to hearing them out there in the Spring rather than the Autumn, but I'll take it as a win anyway!
This pic from one of the wetland reserves in Christchurch
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Bruce Buckman · @BruceBuckman
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I was watching the two kōtare from the front door when one of them looked down at the driveway and suddenly swooped. It landed in front of a startled female blackbird that was busy smashing a snail in its shell, stole the snail from the blackbird and flew back into the tree where it finished the job of smashing the shell away before swallowing the snail. Meanwhile the blackbird stood there, with the best bird impression of "WTF?" I've seen. #TheftFromAbove #birds #nzbirds #kōtare
#theftfromabove #birds #nzbirds #kotare
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meganisalanis · @meganisalanis
136 followers · 347 posts · Server mastodon.nz@JoBrownWorker a favourite of mine too. I got very excited a few months back counting 8 in a single tree and over 30 during my walk!
Th most I had ever seen prior to this was 2 at once.
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