A Kingfisher’s Dilemma
The children of Otauta Native School, near Kaikohe, are keen nature observers, states a letter received by the Forest and Bird Society. They recently heard a persistent squealing noise in the playground, and found that it came from a mouse which a Kingfisher had caught by the tail. The Kingfisher was sitting on a telephone line and could not let the tail go to get a better hold of the mouse and could not batter it against the wire. Neither could it swallow the mouse while holding it by the tail only. At last the bird flew to a big tree, where it was able to adjust its hold on the mouse and swallow it.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 99, 15 July 1946, Page 2
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118A Kingfisher’s Dilemma Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 99, 15 July 1946, Page 2
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