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Charlie Fleming | all galleries >> Birds of the world in Rough Taxonomic order. Species count to October 2024 is 1007 >> Common Kingfisher - Alcedo athis >> Breeding Kingfishers 2013 > Chicks being fed
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Proof of hatched chicks.

Chicks being fed

It was 5.40am when I sat in the hide in front of the nest this morning. Almost immediately I saw a Kingfisher disappear inside the burrow, that was very pleasing! As I had walked towards the area I wasn't confident because I just couldn't imagine that the nest burrow and it's contents cold have survived what appeared to be the river level flooding above the nest burrow. Surely it would be a miracle if they had survived that. Amazingly that miracle had happened. Roughly every 10 to 15 minutes I watched a Kingfisher disappear inside, and then emerge from the burrow. Then the 100% confirmation that I hoped to see happened. The female landed just in front of the nest with a large minnow, after a short while I watched it disappear inside and then jut seconds later it emerged without the fish. What a result and absolutely amazing. All in all, in my 3 hours at the nest the Kingfishers delivered about 15 fish and by 7 o'clock the visits had become less frequent. Usually the birds would arrive quietly but on occasions they would call loudly before I then saw them enter.

Pentax PENTAX K-5 II s
1/2500s f/4.5 at 500.0mm iso2000 hide exif
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Date/Time01-Jul-2013 07:02:17
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ModelPENTAX K-5 II s
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length500 mm
Exposure Time1/2500 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent2000
Exposure Bias-1.70
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