Was it a kingfisher? Some sort of woodpecker?

是翠鸟吗？或某啄木鸟？

When she was frightened she darted noiselessly like a kingfisher.

受惊的时候，她像只翠鸟，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飞去，但它们不让接近，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，寻找食物。

While most birds steered clear of the thing, he noted that it failed to deter kingfishers.

尽管多数鸟儿都会避开稻草，但是拉格勒发现，稻草对翠鸟没有震慑作。

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

“当然，随着它们起消失的还有所有的田鼠和鸟类，包括翠鸟和鳽鹭。”

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个洞里的翠鸟窝。

Today we're looking for the one,   the only, the belted kingfisher.

今天我们要寻找的是唯的翠鸟。

Belted kingfishers are extremely  successful predatory birds.

翠鸟是极其成功的掠食性鸟类。

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。

Do you know that picture of a kingfisher by Van Gogh?

你知道梵高画的翠鸟那幅画吗？

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

没错，腰翠鸟猎物的骨头排列它们的洞穴。

It was made from silver or gilded metal with Kingfisher feathers and a semi-precious stone in the middle.

它由银或镀金金属制成，有翠鸟羽毛，中间有颗半宝石。

Belted kingfishers are known  to nest in banks and burrows.

众所周知，状翠鸟会在河岸和洞穴中筑巢。

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。

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。

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

苍鹭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。

These are feathers from a kingfisher, a bird that pretty famously spends a good portion of its life in water.

这些是翠鸟的羽毛，翠鸟是生中大部分时间都生活在水中的著名鸟类。

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当地的翠鸟。