Hi Hugh,
It's a pleasure, but I think we also owe you in showing the way that
we really don't know much about our own Mangrove Kingfishers either
and we are all now learning that we don't!!!
Everyone who has contributed will have received the thanks with the
cc's, and will certainly keep you advised. I will now disappear until
the 5th in Madagascar when I will be re-attached to Wifi.
Best for now
Brian

On 8/31/19, Hugh Chittenden <hugh@rarebirds.co.za> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Please convey my sincere thanks to all who have contributed info about
> this little-known kingfisher species. Replies have been hugely
> interesting and its been evident to me that we all still have much to
> learn about this sparsely populated bird, particularly with regard to
> diet dependence in breeding and non-breeding seasons. One can also ask
> why this species only occupies the east coast of Africa, and why its
> never colonized part of the western side of this continent.
>
> Please keep me in the loop with any new information that may surface.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Hugh Chittenden
>
>
> On 2019/08/31 1:38 PM, Brian Finch wrote:
>> Thanks very much for this Neil.
>> As you say it is difficult to read into the monthly individual reports
>> without the added information of geographic distribution that shows
>> calendar distribution. I must admit I am intrigued by the spike in
>> October where it is nearly twice as much as the months either side of
>> it. I wonder if this marks the main departure southwards out of Kenya
>> and Somalia to breeding grounds further south, and the other spike in
>> April again nearly twice the number as the months either side mark the
>> return from the south. You must admit it looks very odd, and does fit
>> with what we are learning about movements in Kenya.
>> Just as a bye the bye, apart from Pemba and maybe Mafia are you aware
>> of many breeding records in Tz?
>> Best for now
>> Brian
>>
>>
>
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