tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post9001464190935674975..comments2024-03-24T18:05:27.769+11:00Comments on Ian Fraser, talking naturally: Homage to Kingfishers: 1Ian Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-8850115367561934472014-09-10T11:35:24.459+10:002014-09-10T11:35:24.459+10:00Thanks David - can't say fairer than that! (ie...Thanks David - can't say fairer than that! (ie neither you nor Tim.) Maybe my senses of scientific rigor and fair play are overdeveloped...Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-89609611769641825332014-09-10T10:39:09.330+10:002014-09-10T10:39:09.330+10:00Thanks Ian, fascinating info on kingfishers, and l...Thanks Ian, fascinating info on kingfishers, and lovely photos!<br /><br />In <i>Where song began</i>, Tim Low states that 'Australia is unusually well endowed with giant kingfishers, which include the world's largest - the laughing kookabura - ...' (p. 167).<br />- David McDDavid McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319842911865753031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-40797793904779339762014-09-08T16:54:10.489+10:002014-09-08T16:54:10.489+10:00Hello and thanks for your input.
Susan: I find it ...Hello and thanks for your input.<br />Susan: I find it fascinating that France, which doesn't have any Tree Kingfishers, has a separate name for them, while Australia, which has both groups present, doesn't!<br />Peter: Good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your kookaburra. Yes, kingfishers really do have a distinctive stance right across the board, so all from kookaburras to the tiniest are instantly recognisable. THanks for putting me onto Gouldiae's blog too.<br />Jenny: thanks for taking the trouble to write, and I'm glad you enjoy the blog. I'm not surprised that a wattlebird would harass a daytime possum - Brushtails have no aversion to an egg or two if it comes their way, though they're mostly vegetarian. I assume this was a young possum without a safe permanent hollow or roof space, which had been chased from an exposed daytime sleeping spot. Good suburban drama!Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-34141111485537959852014-09-07T19:24:00.767+10:002014-09-07T19:24:00.767+10:00hello, i'm jenny of lyneham, i've never le...hello, i'm jenny of lyneham, i've never left a comment before because your knowledge of nature far outstrips my own - but i enjoy reading the blog.<br />last week at kaleen shops i saw a red wattle bird pursuing a possum across the carpark. the possum paused at the bottom of a gum tree, ran to the next gumtree and paused there too (possibly because the wattlebird still had his beady eye on it from above), then ran to the club building and disappeared into the shrubbery. i have never seen this sort of thing before.<br />what gives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-27534821688864511842014-09-07T19:00:31.359+10:002014-09-07T19:00:31.359+10:00Hi Ian, just saying hello for your unofficial cens...Hi Ian, just saying hello for your unofficial census.<br /><br />I read your blog a bit from links from Goulidae's blog.<br /><br />Thanks for the kingfishers too, one of our resident kookaburra family was hit by a car recently, he was quite friendly so we rather miss him. Interesting how much your first red backed kingfisher picture looks like a mini kookaburra too.<br /><br />PeterPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-68401438894705775282014-09-07T18:45:37.986+10:002014-09-07T18:45:37.986+10:00In French the vernacular names for kingfishers dis...In French the vernacular names for kingfishers distinguish between those that do actually fish and those that don't, so you get <i>martin-pêcheurs</i> (fishers) and <i>martin-chasseurs</i> (hunters). Kookaburras are <i>martin-chasseur géant</i> (giant hunter kingfishers) in French. European Kingfishers are <i>martin-pêcheurs d'Europe</i>.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-24947677795739104182014-09-07T18:05:13.962+10:002014-09-07T18:05:13.962+10:00Thanks Vicki - great to hear from you and thanks f...Thanks Vicki - great to hear from you and thanks for the feedback. No, unlike us kookas don't like deserts - silly birds!Ian Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023900823785041354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025651162254792506.post-81140694093839209602014-09-07T15:43:00.000+10:002014-09-07T15:43:00.000+10:00This is great Ian. I love kingfishers including l...This is great Ian. I love kingfishers including laughing kookaburras - none of those here as far as I know?? You have extended my knowledge greatly. VG xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943037852208186163noreply@blogger.com