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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:13 pm

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I love these little guys. I took this at Shingwedzi, from the restaurant veranda. Check that tail :lol:

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JenB

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:34 pm

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Love it DB!!
I hear my first woody of the season on Sunday at Zaagkuil. :dance:

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naomi c

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:26 am

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If I remember correctly, Jumbo reported a sighting of a Woodland Kingfisher in Brooklyn Pretoria last year. Well, on my way to work this morning I saw one in Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary (Brooklyn Pretoria).
Our offices are not far from the Sanctuary - would be great if I could hear it calling too!

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:16 am

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Heard & saw one near home this morning .
May have been around for a few days allready , I don't walk /cycle in the same direction every day .

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:37 am

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Thanks DB!! :thumbs_up:

now i need to get back to kruger :pray:

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:05 am

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oddesy wrote:

Thanks DB!! :thumbs_up:

now i need to get back to kruger :pray:

My longing was instantly turned into a craving .

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Sprocky

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:26 pm

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Another one I got this morning.

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:37 am

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I saw a Woodland Kingfisher yesterday in a tree in our backyard. He was eyeballing the hollow tree stump which the Blackcollared Barbets have abandoned 3 weeks ago after raising their chicks. :shock:

Maybe he and the lady are moving in! :dance:

Herewith a photo and sorry about the poor quality:

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Sprocky

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:57 am

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Wow Theuns! It would be great if they did move in, I have them in my garden every day but they nest somewhere else.

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:48 am

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Yes that would be great Sprocky, we are holding thumbs! :thumbs_up:

Thanks for your video DinkyBird. I'm a bit of a "Big 5" person and not much of a birder and I have always thought that sound was made by some sort of a dove! :redface:

Now I know it's the Woodlands Kingfisher! :dance:

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Jumbo

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:49 am

That is really so cool, TheunsH!!!

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Impisi08

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:44 pm

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It was great to hear that sound again. Thanks Dinkybird.

I saw this one on the H4-1

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Elsa

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:13 pm

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We saw this bird on the Mahonie Loop near Punda Maria in Feb this year and after much consultation between ourselves came to the ever hopeful conclusion that it was possibly a Mangrove Kingfisher, as the bill was not the full 2-tone black and red colour and it also looked greyer in the head and back region, but upon enquiring from the experts it seems it was a Woodie but one of the rarer type that don't have the dark bottom bill.

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:59 am

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Have they made their arrival in Kruger this season yet ?

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Sprocky

Post subject: Re: Kingfisher: Woodland Kingfisher

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:08 am

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ndloti wrote:

Have they made their arrival in Kruger this season yet ?

Ndloti, I have not heard or seen one yet. As soon as I do I will post it here, as that will according to me be the official start of summer. :thumbs_up:

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