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That made me wonder what other kingfishers sound like:



Are most kingfishers a bit smaller than the kookaburra? (edit: Yes )

>> ^rich_magnet:

That's a heron? Nothing like a great blue. Looks more like a kingfisher of sorts. Perhaps an ornithologist can chime in on the species?


YT said 'green heron' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Heron - I think that looks about right)

That's a heron? Nothing like a great blue. Looks more like a kingfisher of sorts. Perhaps an ornithologist can chime in on the species?

Nice! Glad to hear the Baldies are doing well up there. I just looked up Steller's Jay. That's a neat looking bird. I forgot to mention Red-Tailed hawk. I like this picture of the American Kestrel...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Kestrel_on_the_hunt.jpg

Someone's gonna get eaten.

In reply to this comment by PostMortem:
I wasn't really interested in birds when I was younger but then I moved to Tokyo for 8 years where the only birds (and pretty much the only wildlife) were crows, sparrows, and pigeons. When I moved back to Canada, about a year ago, I suddenly found myself fascinated with nature and wildlife (I think it's a reaction to having none around for so long). So I've been taking a lot of nature walks and hikes and encountering a lot of beautiful and interesting looking birds, but unfortunately I usually don't know what their called.

The ones I do know the names of that I've seen around are:
- Bald Eagles, we have A LOT of these around here and I've seen quite a few juveniles this summer.
- Blue Heron
- American Kestrel
- Steller's Jay
- and some hummingbirds that feed at the flowers behind my place.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Although not officially a birder, i have seen the following in the area behind my house: Merganzers, Cormorants, Grackles, Kingfishers, Blue Heron and Bald Eagles. And Owls.

How 'bout you?

I wasn't really interested in birds when I was younger but then I moved to Tokyo for 8 years where the only birds (and pretty much the only wildlife) were crows, sparrows, and pigeons. When I moved back to Canada, about a year ago, I suddenly found myself fascinated with nature and wildlife (I think it's a reaction to having none around for so long). So I've been taking a lot of nature walks and hikes and encountering a lot of beautiful and interesting looking birds, but unfortunately I usually don't know what their called.

The ones I do know the names of that I've seen around are:
- Bald Eagles, we have A LOT of these around here and I've seen quite a few juveniles this summer.
- Blue Heron
- American Kestrel
- Steller's Jay
- and some hummingbirds that feed at the flowers behind my place.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Although not officially a birder, i have seen the following in the area behind my house: Merganzers, Cormorants, Grackles, Kingfishers, Blue Heron and Bald Eagles. And Owls.

How 'bout you?

Although not officially a birder, i have seen the following in the area behind my house: Merganzers, Cormorants, Grackles, Kingfishers, Blue Heron and Bald Eagles. And Owls.

How 'bout you?


In reply to this comment by PostMortem:
No Problem, I love birds.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Wow! Thanks for the triple click on my queue there, PostMortem!

Some nice amateur nature videography, huh? I want someone to do the Kingfisher's voiceover .

Tags for this video have been changed from 'bird, fish, kingfisher, water, dive, catch' to 'bird, fish, kingfisher, water, dive, catch, nin, hurt' - edited by xxovercastxx

Well, if it's a Kingfisher, why isn't it catching KINGS? Huh? HUH! ANSWER ME!!!!

Do you know what you are?
You are what you is
You is what you am
(A cow don't make ham...)
You ain't what you're not
So see what you got
You are what you is
An' that's all it 'tis

A foolish young man
From a middle class fam'ly
Started singin' the blues
'Cause he thought it was manly
Now he talks like the Kingfish
("Saffiiiee!")
From Amos 'n Andy
("Holy mack'l dere...Holy mack'l
dere!")
He tells you that chitlins...
Well, they taste just like candy
He thinks that he's got
De whole thang down
From the Nivea Lotion
To de Royal Crown

Do you know what you are?
You are what you is
You is what you am
(A cow don't make ham...)
You ain't what you're not
So see what you got
You are what you is
An' that's all it 'tis

A foolish young man
Of the Negro Persuasion
Devoted his life
To become a caucasian
He stopped eating pork
He stopped eating greens
He traded his dashiki
("UHURU!")
For some Jordache Jeans
He learned to play golf
An' he got a good score
Now he says to himself
("I ain't no nigger no more...HEY! HEY! HEY!"

man dig anything robert johnson, but critic tha I am, as much as John Hammond Jr. is mediocre cool, he's like the cracker equiv, of Louis Armstrong-style uncle-tommin'!He da Vanilla Ice of Blues....


Reminds me of Zappa....
A foolish young man
From a middle class fam'ly
Started singin' the blues
'Cause he thought it was manly
Now he talks like the Kingfish
("Saffiiiee!")
From Amos 'n Andy
("Holy mack'l dere...Holy mack'l
dere!")
He tells you that chitlins...
Well, they taste just like candy
He thinks that he's got
De whole thang down
From the Nivea Lotion
To de Royal Crown

Do you know what you are?
You are what you is
You is what you am
(A cow don't make ham...)
You ain't what you're not
So see what you got
You are what you is
An' that's all it 'tis

white folks...hrummPPPH!?