. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 138 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM unerringly I did my duty as public executioner, there was always a King- fisher carrying on the war against the fingerlings whenever I arose from my night's rest or returned from a day's excursion. Sometimes two kingfishers were on the pond at the same time, but they were always more or less hostile to each other except in the case of parent Kingfisher and young which often came together just after the young were out of the nest. Many a time I have been near this trout pond when a new Kingfisher arrived. They c
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 138 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM unerringly I did my duty as public executioner, there was always a King- fisher carrying on the war against the fingerlings whenever I arose from my night's rest or returned from a day's excursion. Sometimes two kingfishers were on the pond at the same time, but they were always more or less hostile to each other except in the case of parent Kingfisher and young which often came together just after the young were out of the nest. Many a time I have been near this trout pond when a new Kingfisher arrived. They came mostly by two routes, either up the brook at a moderate elevation,. Young kingfishers Photo by James H. Miller or flying overland at a height of ioo to 300 feet. When coming in from the overland journey they rushed down in a wide, sweeping course, uttering an unusually loud, shrill, rattling scream, settled on some elevated perch, erected to the utmost their long crests, repeated sotto voce the announcement of arrival or discovery, tilted the short tail to its utmost, bowed with a rather ungainly sweep at the pond, and forthwith began to consider the prospects of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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