My local Kōtare/Kingfisher just surprised me. Flew at the window and heard it “hit” but then it went and landed on a post and had a praying mantis in its beak. And now it just flew through the top of a rose bush and came out with another bug. This is fun. Front row seat.
@sumisu3 I remember seeing a kōtare arrowing down into the long grass, flying back to its perch with a mouse in its beak, brutally beating the mouse against a branch to stun/kill it, and then swallowing it down. Efficient little predators!
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