Azure kingfishers can usually be seen flashing up the river or lake edge, or sometime sitting above the water watching for prey.
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They are magnificent little birds. When they they dive for minnows it is all over in the blink of an eye.
Their colours make them stand out. They are found in all our lakes and river systems, nesting between October and January. The nest is usually a hole in the bank just close to water.
Images today are from previous seasons - this one was taken with high speed fill flash , and 400 lens.
One of the most popular birds in Australia is our next one, the Laughing Kookaburra, the largest of our kingfishers. They wake us up on many mornings and are very tame - you can approach them very easy.
Kookaburras go about in family groups, only one pair are breeders supported by past broods.
They stalk their food by watching the ground and then darting down on the rodent or insects.
They nest mostly in termite mounds and the young are as big as the parents when they leave the nest - as shown with one of the online images today.
The Rufous Fantail is a magnificent small bird, which loves shady areas, often seen flipping about for insects with its tail widespread.
They arrive in our area late October and start nesting at once. The nest is usually low down and similar to the grey fantail. Both birds feed the chicks, and this is constant.
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With this image you can see they queue up to feed the chicks, certainly easy to photograph. One of our gems of our forests.
The Australian Kestrel is one of my favourite subjects to photograph.
They are nesting right now and should have chicks soon. The bird pictured is one I intend doing an article on very soon, looking at its habits leading up to nesting which is so interesting, so we will leave this one for the time being.
The final image is the Sacred Kingfisher - busy calling and preparing there nest sites right now, digging out holes in termite mounds.
It's an attractive little kingfisher which is found throughout our area. Last year we had a kookaburra and sacred kingfishers nesting in the same termite mound, which resulted in the kingfishers attacking the kookaburra each time it came into the nest.
Hope you enjoy those images, till the next time.
