Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL. 24, 0 by kennedyh

kennedyh wrote:
One of our members discovered a nesting pair of Azure Kingfishers (Alcedo azurea) in a sandy bank on the far side of the narrow inlet of Lake Tyers that passed by our camping site. I spent an afternoon sitting and watching the Kingfishers, contuinually bringing little fish to their offspring. They flew in and landed on a horizontal branch that rested just in front of their nest site, giving us an excellent view of them, before they dived into the nest tunnel. When they emerged they always (without fail) took a quick dip in the lake, before flying off to forage for more fish for their offspring.
The nest was rather a long way off for photography, but I did get one picture of the bird perched just before entering its nest: