> From: Janet Hardin <wings at olympus.net> on kingfishers...

> The birds appeared to be an adult male and female
Appeared to be? Did the "female" have her rusty belt on?
I'm curious mainly because I see only male kingfishers during winter at
East Bay, Olympia. Females are present only from the end of April to early
October. There was a Natural History article a decade or so back that
described migration of females while males remained on the breeding
grounds. Details are fuzzy, though, so I hope somebody else has this stuff
memorized. And maybe Washington kingfishers don't fit the pattern as well
as I had thought.

[snipped: exciting description of splashy, flighty behavior]

Sorry I'm no help here, Janet. I've seen "synchronized" flight in
kingfishers, what I assumed was a rushing, nuptial display in May, but
nothing like you've described. Wish I was there.
--
Scott Richardson
NE Seattle
salix at halcyon.com