[sireen]

Dear birders,

In the last week I have twice seen a sialia sialis male close to a river in central france. 500 meter distance between the first spot and the second spot. Both next to the river.
Can this be true?
Can I have seen two males or don't they live very close together?
The first time the bird seemed to take a quick dive into the river and disappeared.

Greetings,


Sireen

[Tim Allwood]

Hi Sireen

sounds a bit strange

they should be in US/Canada

anyone know if they are kept as cagebirds?

Tim

[Blackstart]

Probably Kingfishers.

-Adam

[sireen]

Hi Tim,

You wrote:

Originally Posted by Tim Allwood

Hi Sireen

sounds a bit strange

they should be in US/Canada

anyone know if they are kept as cagebirds?

Tim

Yes, indeed Tim, it sounds a bit strange.
Or there should be a bird that looks identical to a male Sialia Sialis?
Both times my husband and I saw the bird very clearly.

I think it is the same male that I saw.
The first location where I saw him is at a spot where people come to feed the ducks.
The second location is behind a watermill. The miller from this watermill grounds corn and cereals for customers.

In which part of the US and Canada does the Sialia Sialis stay during the wintertime? Can anyone write me?

Sireen

[birdpotter]

Originally Posted by sireen

Hi Tim,

You wrote:

Yes, indeed Tim, it sounds a bit strange.
Or there should be a bird that looks identical to a male Sialia Sialis?
Both times my husband and I saw the bird very clearly.

I think it is the same male that I saw.
The first location where I saw him is at a spot where people come to feed the ducks.
The second location is behind a watermill. The miller from this watermill grounds corn and cereals for customers.

In which part of the US and Canada does the Sialia Sialis stay during the wintertime? Can anyone write me?

Sireen

It's range is mainly east of the Rocky mountains. I don't know how far north they winter. I know that they can stick around as long as there is a food(they eat berries and insects mostly) and water source.
I have never heard of one of these as a caged bird, though.

It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

Best
Elizabeth

[sireen]

Hey Adam,

Originally Posted by Blackstart

Probably Kingfishers.

-Adam

Yes it definetely has to be a kingfisher because it is european.

Because of some download problems we couldn't/can't get the pictures of a young male kingfisher.

The colours are definetely the kingfisher's but the beek was much smaller than the kigfisher, much more than the Sialia.
I read an article that said that the beek of a young male is significantly smaller.

I hope to get some pictures soon.

Thanks for the suggestion.

We will go and see the kingfisher again very soon.

Greetings,


Sireen