I don't know that there's ever been any research on the distribution of male versus female darters but I do wonder whether the males might have a large "territory" while the females have a smaller "home range".
Great informative video. They look like a nondescript bird but airing out the wings in sun they have stunning colours. Fancy being adept at swimming and able to fly to the thermals. .
Thanks for the informative video! Yesterday I saw a female eating a big fish (giant for her slim neck!) on Parramatta River. She carried it across the river onto the bank and managed to swallow it in whole. That's 150m away so the videos/pictures I took weren't very good.
It does! According to the authorities, only the odd vagrant. Funny when you consider they turn up in New Zealand. And eBird has a couple of records from Africa (near Cape Town and just outside Lagos, Nigeria) but I'd distrust those records because they're probably the similar African Darter.
I don't think I've ever seen a male darter. The one you've captured is gorgeous!
I don't know that there's ever been any research on the distribution of male versus female darters but I do wonder whether the males might have a large "territory" while the females have a smaller "home range".
Great video, thank you!
Great informative video.
They look like a nondescript bird but airing out the wings in sun they have stunning colours.
Fancy being adept at swimming and able to fly to the thermals. .
Great informative video. Thank you
I do my best. Check out some of the others..
Thanks for the upload! Your voice is really nice. ‘They’ must hire you to narrate much more documentaries.
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Thanks Suzanne! Alas, at my age, nobody is going to hire me as a narrator.
they're magnificent for sure
Thanks for the informative video! Yesterday I saw a female eating a big fish (giant for her slim neck!) on Parramatta River. She carried it across the river onto the bank and managed to swallow it in whole. That's 150m away so the videos/pictures I took weren't very good.
Does 'very occasionally' mean less often than occasionally?
It does! According to the authorities, only the odd vagrant. Funny when you consider they turn up in New Zealand. And eBird has a couple of records from Africa (near Cape Town and just outside Lagos, Nigeria) but I'd distrust those records because they're probably the similar African Darter.