Interesting Information

• Mandarin courtship display is very impressive and includes mock-drinking and shaking.

• Nest are always in a hole in a tree and can be up to thirty feet from the ground.

• When all the eggs are hatched (they hatch within a few hours of each other), the mother calls to the chicks from the ground. Each chick then crawls out of the hole and launches itself into a free fall. Amazingly, all the chicks land unhurt and are en route to the nearest feeding ground.

• The Mandarin is held in high esteem by the Japanese and the Chinese. In these countries, they serve as a symbol of happiness and marital fidelity.

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