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Blue eared kingfisher.
I was once about 10 feet away from Rufous Backed Kingfisher but that's in the jungle full of mosquitoes and leeches
I was once about 10 feet away from Rufous Backed Kingfisher but that's in the jungle full of mosquitoes and leeches
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in the jungle full of mosquitoes and leeches
to be fair, at the height of summer it was like a jungle in there at my KF....and we had midges.
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midges is a nightmare but I think it's easier to fend them off than leechesto be fair, at the height of summer it was like a jungle in there at my KF....and we had midges.
they hook you up without you noticing it.
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Midges, leeches? Where do you people live?! Worse thing I ever come across is a house spider and even they're not bad. Did nearly step on a grass snake the other week, don't know which of us were the more surprised.
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A good illustration of how nocturnal predators get their dinner!
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Scotland, famed for its midges. Annoying little blighters, I get a reaction to them which is even more unpleasant.
Ticks too, had a few last year. Saw an adder September 2020.
Never seen a kingfisher at night though.
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Why IS Scotland overrun with midges? I've obviously heard about them in the Highlands in late summer but how do they survive your winters, it's not exactly warm up there in January after all. I live in Cornwall and if any part of the UK was going to get plagues of midges I would have thought it would be around here as our winters are very mild.
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Winter has little or no effect, even a harsh one. They're well protected below the soil’s surface.
I'm originally from South Wales and they're bitey there but nothing like the Highland midge.
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Blue Eared kingfisher is found in Asia. When I was out there few years ago I went into tropical forest to photograph rufous backed kingfisher hence my comment on mosquitoes and leeches.
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Our blood is tastier
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You'd think the whiskey concentration would kill them thoughOur blood is tastier
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It kills the Irish midge apparantly....You'd think the whiskey concentration would kill them though
Us Scots drink whisky.
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It kills the Irish midge apparantly....
Us Scots drink whisky.
Dammit, I knew I'd get it the wrong way round if I didn't look it up.
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Dammit, I knew I'd get it the wrong way round if I didn't look it up.
I learned that one the hard way.