School: Cromadh (B.)

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   “Would you believe that I gave up fishing a rising trout today to watch what I never before saw, a king-fisher stalking its prey.”

   

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   the rapidity with which his wings moved, while his body was perfectly stationary, to anything but the revolutions of the fly wheel of a separator. It took him, I dont know how long for I was that interested I didnt mind nor heed the time, but I'd say he was five minutes surely, before he fell like a stone A LITTLE SLANTING and the next second he was flying down within a rod's length of me, and a glorious fine minnow across his beak. Three times inside an hour. I saw him do the same thing, and each time he passed me down he was back in less than a minute for his next load so his nest is not far from the stepping stones"

   ( Tim Hederman, word-for-word )

   

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   “Standing on the bridge this evening (at Croom) I saw a kingfisher buzzing in the air over the river near Harrison's window,”

   

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   Standing on the bridge this evening (at Croom) I saw a kingfisher buzzing in the air over the river near Harrison's window. You never saw such quick work with the wings, he was just like a hawk, but that his wings must be nearly meeting above and below, for they were going like a wheel. I'd hate if anyone came along to disturb him and they didn't. All of a sudden he dived STRAIGHT-DOWN and hit the water a slash and was up again. He missed. I knew what he was at. He stood in the air

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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   William Corkery

   Gender

   Male