A much happier bird than yesterday's!
This little bloke is one of a family who fly in for a feed each night at our friend's place. For those who don't recognise him, he's a Kookaburra, the largest of the Kingfisher clan, famous for their distinctive laughing call.
One of the great sounds of the Australian bush.
Yandina
Sunshine Coast Daily Photo - Australia
Love these little birds so rare here we only find them in the zoo.
ReplyDeleteBut they are not actually "little" birds: they are quite large and very strong.
ReplyDeletedeath and life , i prefer the life shot , the bird is beautiful , nice capture :)
ReplyDeleteYou are right of course Julie, they aren't a small bird at all, but I live among waterfowl, (pelicans, cranes, waterhens) and so on, so I guess it's just a matter of scale!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen one. He is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThat's a little more exotic than my garden birds. I am one envious photographer.
ReplyDeleteNow this makes me homesick for Australia and for my home in Cairns. I so loved the kookaburras and used to feed them, of course. A lovely shot.
ReplyDeleteYes but where is the old gum tree?
ReplyDeleteI've been a bad blog friend lately but I've been looking at your photos when I can. I love this one of course. Right at this moment I can hear a baby kooka calling out for his dinner. The babies really do make the most unusual noise.
ReplyDeleteI took a photo of him the other day so I might post it on my blog - thanks for the idea!