Wood Anemone

The little wood anemones are beginning to flower.

Today I saw a kingfisher! I dashed for my camera and managed to get a shot through the branches of a bushy poplar tree. See extra shot. Unfortunately I couldn’t get its tail. There must have been two of them because I could hear one calling when this one had its beak closed. I checked online for the call. This is  only the second time I have seen a kingfisher in my garden.

The sacred kingfisher is native to New Zealand, but it can also be found in Australia and Southeast Pacific islands up to Indonesia.