So, as you may have guessed from the title, this post is not about a plant but rather a kingfisher I spotted in the garden this morning. The photographs are not the best as I don’t have much of a zoom lens and as soon as I got close to him he flew away.
But nonetheless, it is pretty great having a bird such as this in my garden. There must be some kind of food he eats around – slugs, beetles?
oooooh, i like the shot of him flying. they’re such beautiful birds, we often have them in our garden too. i guess they must eat beetles etc because there can’t be too many fish around for them. they do like to dive bomb the swimming pool though, and then ruffle themselves up all squat and neckless and dry off.
I like the first one, kingfishers rule, I have a shwe shwe skirt with one on it 😉
That is so cool… Our garden hasn’t cracked the nod yet, but wait – our indigenous plants are slowly growing – it’s going to be a kingfisher haven… Awesome shots Niall – what a little prince that kingfisher is…
Yeah, I was very excited to see him and he is back again today so hopefully he has a new home in my garden.
Kingfishers do rule!
does he have any water to splash around in? maybe it’s time for a birdbath, smile..?
cool pics. maybe you should put some bread out for him 🙂
don’t think bread is a good idea, its not a sparrow 😉
Or a duck
haha ducks. or should i say quack quack.
Kingfishers generally eat insects, crabs, small rodents and reptiles, so my guess is you already have food in your garden and that is why he came to visit
We had a juvenile kingfisher, learning to fish. Papa showed him how it is done, then junior tried, and tried, until he did it, he got a frog!
That looks like a brown headed kingfisher and it dosent eat fish.There are about 10 species of Kingfisher and the ones that eat fish are the Mangrove Pied Malacite Half collard Pigmy and Giant King fishers.
Hey Graham. What do they eat if they don’t eat fish?
Hello Milez.
grubs and things
I had one in my garden… and it ate all the baby chameleons….!
Hey Chris.
Both are cool to have in your garden but I think I would prefer the chameleons!
Did you manage to scare it aware or create a nursery for the chameleons?
I think these guys also eat small reptiles etc. Try giving him a raw sausage and watch him ‘kill’ their prey before eating it! 🙂