Subject: Re: Need info on Kingfisher nests
Date: Feb 25 13:01:11 1997
From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers - woodduck at cruzio.com


At 10:44 AM 2/25/97 PST, you wrote:
>
>Does anyone have any experience with nesting boxes for kingfishers? Someone
>I work with has a large bird house for flickers and woodpeckers. Since the
>box is near the water (Lopez Island) and there are kingfishers around, is
>there any chance the kingfishers might use the birdhouse? Does anyone know
>where they nest or in what type of habitat?
>
Hi Franny,

No, kingfishers won't use a nestbox. They nest in the stream bank where
they dig a burrow that I believe is around 8 feet long (anyone know the
exact length?). At the end of the burrow they leg their egg.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com

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