He must have been referring to local birds because I certainly have seen
kingfishers hovering.
Rahne Kirkham
rahne at mindspring.com
Federal Way, Washington

When asked why she was always so cheerful,
the old woman replied,
"Well, I just wear this world as a loose garment."
----- Original Message -----
From: Darryl Thompson <birds at cmc.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 6:54 PM
Subject: hovering birds


> Len and tweetsters, From what I've read and observed in the field the only
> way a redtail can hover is into the wind as opposed to rough-legs that can
> truly hover in still wind. As far as the reference to the king fisher size
I
> wondered at the time if Attenborough was referring to the local birds or
what?
>
> W.D. Thompson
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> >Hi,
> > David Attenborough stated last night on the birds program on PBS
> >that the PIEBALD KINGFISHER of Africa was the largest bird to hover in a
> >still wind. I don't know how big a Piebald Kingfisher is but I bet the
> >Osprey has it beat. I have also seen Red Tailed Hawks hover but I'm not
> >sure if the wind was still. ( was there a thread on that?) And how
> >about terns? I bet the Caspian tern is bigger than an African
> >kingfisher (but then there is always a breeze on the ocean). Does
> >anyone know of a bigger bird that hovers? And what ever happened to
> >Michael Price? :-)
> > I haven't posted to Tweeters for a while and this is the only thing
> >I could come up with.
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> >See you in the field
> >Len Jellicoe
> >Surrey, BC
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> W.Darryl Thompson
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