Was it a kingfisher? Some sort of woodpecker?

是翠鸟吗？或某种啄木鸟？

When she was frightened she darted noiselessly like a kingfisher.

受惊的时候，她像一只翠鸟，悄无声息地疾飞。

Some kingfishers lurked along the watercourses, but they didn't let us approach.

有些翠乌在水流边飞来飞去，但它们不让人接近，见人来就飞走。

On the tips of other trees, long-tailed cormorants, Madagascan bee-eaters and kingfishers perched, looking for food.

在其他树尖上，长尾鸬鹚、马达加斯加食蜂鸟和翠鸟栖息着，寻找食。

" And of course with them went all the voles and the birdlife, including kingfishers and bitterns."

“，随着它们一起消失的还有所有的田鼠和鸟类，包括翠鸟和鳽。”

Sam showed them where the kingfisher had his nest, in a hole in the bank by a stream.

萨姆领他们去看在溪边的一个洞里的翠鸟窝。

Belted kingfishers are known  to nest in banks and burrows.

众所周知，带状翠鸟会在河岸和洞穴中筑巢。

So you'll hear a kingfisher before you'll see one.

因此，您会在看到翠鸟之前先听到翠鸟的声音。

Next, the researchers channeled the capabilities of a kingfisher, and added flight to their hitchhiking robot.

接下来，研究人员引导了翠鸟的能力，并为他们的搭便车机器人增加了飞行能力。

But today we're taking a look at the fisher  king of the Americas, the belted kingfisher.

但今天我们要看看美洲的渔王，腰带翠鸟。

That's right, belted kingfishers line their  burrows with the bones of their prey .

没错，腰带翠鸟用猎的骨头排列它们的洞穴。

So today we're at the shores of Lake  Ontario looking for our local kingfisher.

所以今天我们在安大略湖岸边寻找我们地的翠鸟。

So kingfishers are actually quite easy  to find, mostly because of their rattle.

所以翠鸟实际上很容易找到，主要是因为它们发出嘎嘎声。

Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead.

苍在岸边缓缓地迈着步子，翠鸟和杜鹃欢叫着从阳光里飞入树荫，火鸡模样的大鸟在枯枝间忙碌，鹰在头上盘旋。

For these belted kingfishers it's females  that have that characteristic orange belt.

对于这些腰带翠鸟来说，是雌性翠鸟拥有那条特有的橙色腰带。

Well, not all kingfishers eat fish.

好吧，并不是所有的翠鸟都吃鱼。

The kingfisher takes great  care of its weapon of choice.

翠鸟非常小心地选择它的武器。

This area right here is  prime kingfisher territory.

这里的这个区域是翠鸟的主要领地。

The fact that kingfisher males are  less brightly coloured than females is actually an unusual event in the bird kingdom.

事实上，雄性翠鸟的颜色不如雌性翠鸟鲜艳，这在鸟类王国中实际上是一件不寻常的事情。

The kingfisher will raise its crest,   maybe that's to make itself look bigger .

翠鸟会竖起它的羽冠，也许那是为了让自己看起来更大。