hatched their eggs and got hungry mouths to feed.
Thus, their visits to the nest hole area are
much more frequent. So I tried again to get a
half decent photo of one of them.
After a number of abortive attempts and
missed opportunities (they seemed to turn up
just as I decided I needed to shift my position
a bit on my bench or move the tripod legs to
a better floor arrangement!) I obtained these
following photos.
As you will see the bird liked this branch hanging low
to the water. It would arrive back in a bush near the nest
settling there quite briefly before disappearing into the hole.
A few moments later when its delivery had been made
it would re-emerge and fly across to this favoured spot.
Here it would take a quick dip in the water (to wash?)
and rest a while before heading off again to fish.
If my patience had lasted I would have tried for photos of
it entering the hole.....or a video clip. But enough is enough
and I shall count that photo-project as finished.
