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| Photo by Rex Bushell |
While observing the tui nest, two kingfishers were high up
on the dead willow branch. One, a parent, and the other a fledging following
the parent and being feed cicadas. According to the bird photographer and
observer G.J.H.Moon, the Kingfisher population took a dive with the
introduction of the myna. The myna usually robs the Kingfishers nest after the
four to five eggs hatch and the parents are away leaving the chicks unattended.
If there are normally four to five eggs, one wonders what
happened to the other chicks? The photo is of another not quite fully airborne fledging,
taken some days later in the same vicinity. No sign of mum or dad though.
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