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▶️ Inside Kingfisher Nest
Kingfishers are solitary birds and pairs need to overcome a natural aversion to one another in order to breed. In this clip, the male is brooding five day old chicks. The female (identifiable by her orange lower bill) enters with a fish for the chicks. Watch the male recoil as she enters - the pair have a frosty relationship!
Watch as a 2nd kingfisher chick hatches - and its tidy kingfisher mum quickly carries away the now-defunct egg shell.