Some good news on the kookaburra front. As i was sitting in with the pair today feeding them, the male was passing food to the female. This is a huge part of the bonding ritual. It shows many credential things to the female, it proves the male is a strong and industrious hunter . It shows that the males territory is well stocked so a good place to rear young and it shows he well tend to her when she is incubating the eggs.
What was also quite amazing was like other kingfishers he presented the food to the female head first. Now most kingfishers do what it says on the tin, they eat fish and fish are consumed head first so the scales dont get caught on the way down. I guess it could not let go of this natural instinct when evolving.
I hope to upload a video of these birds calling to each other in the next couple of days.
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