Was it a kingfisher? Some sort of woodpecker?

是翠鸟吗？或某种啄木鸟？

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，寻找食物。

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

“当然，随着它们一起消失的还有所有的田鼠和鸟类，包括翠鸟和鳽鹭。”

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。

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。

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

没错，腰带翠鸟用猎物的骨头排列它们的洞穴。

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。

They vary greatly in appearance, they can be minuscule colourful cuties, such as  the wonderfully dapper dwarf oriental kingfisher.

它们的外表千差万别，可以是五颜六色的小可爱，比如小巧玲珑的东方矮翠鸟。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

今天我们要寻找的是唯一的一种带带翠鸟。

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。