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There are kingfishers in Belgium, but I never saw them in the wild here.
I once made a picture in the greenhouses of Mondo Verde in the Netherlands, but that's nothing like 'the real thing'.
That is a beautiful picture. Always special to see them. I was really lucky in 2009. I saw two or three on the River Thames during my canoeing trip and then again during the recent snow fishing our local river. I'm also hopeful I've found their nesting burrows. These two blog entries describe;
http://tinyurl.com/ycbly75 http://tinyurl.com/yatctco
These are fast flying birds, so able to capture them only when they are resting on something.
I saw your photos on the links, they are really nice!!
But You were able to find their nesting too. That's good and lucky too!!
Thanks for the photo comments and for the ID. I have my fingers crossed that I've found a nesting site which I will update on going forward. It may of course be something else, so I will have to wait and see what uses the burrows in the spring.
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There are kingfishers in Belgium, but I never saw them in the wild here.
I once made a picture in the greenhouses of Mondo Verde in the Netherlands, but that's nothing like 'the real thing'.
That is a beautiful picture. Always special to see them. I was really lucky in 2009. I saw two or three on the River Thames during my canoeing trip and then again during the recent snow fishing our local river. I'm also hopeful I've found their nesting burrows. These two blog entries describe;
http://tinyurl.com/ycbly75
http://tinyurl.com/yatctco
These are fast flying birds, so able to capture them only when they are resting on something.
I saw your photos on the links, they are really nice!!
But You were able to find their nesting too. That's good and lucky too!!
Thanks for the photo comments and for the ID. I have my fingers crossed that I've found a nesting site which I will update on going forward. It may of course be something else, so I will have to wait and see what uses the burrows in the spring.
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