April 13 at lunch at Long Road. The kingfishers weren't there when I got there, but soon the male chattered and flew to near the burrow. Never did see the female. The male sat quiet the whole 15-20 minutes I was there.
April 14--lunch. When I got there, saw a bird(?) flying over the water near the road. It was twittering and swooped down to take a drink on the fly. Then it flew around a while and went behind my car.
Went to the pond. After a couple minutes both kingfishers showed up. Male went to burrow, female sat on tree. After about 15 minutes, felt sorry as they were chattering.
When I got back to my car, the "bird" turned out to be a bat who was just lying there behind my car. It was still breathing, but I was afraid it was sick and didn't pick it up. Left the poor thing there.
April 15--very foggy in the morning. The bat was gone. The kingfishers were still there despite a very busy previous day with dogs, kids fishing and kids even riding bikes on the hill several inches above the nest. Don't know what the birds did but they were back the next morning. The male was on the tree near the hole. I moved further away and the female joined the male who then flew into the hole.
April 13--Male guarding hole
April 13--Male guarding hole
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