6 different kookaburras (1 Viewer)

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hello_27

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• Jun 12, 2013

• #1

So the other day i decided to go out on the veranda and see what arrives since there are several birds here and some i am yet to photograph.
This is when i was greeted with 6 kookaburras sitting in the gumtree...
I got a few photos and thought i'd share one. I know kookaburras arnt rare or anything but i thought this was kinda cool
Well anyway i also saw a currawong and red wattle bird.

So thats my birding day.

 

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delia todd

If I said the wrong thing it was a Senior Moment

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• Jun 12, 2013

• #2

They're extremely rare here though What a wonderful sight that must have been for you.

A great picture, thanks hello_27.

 

Peter C.

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• Jun 12, 2013

• #3

Very nice, hello_27. The way they are perched, it's almost like a family of enormous bee-eaters!

 

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hello_27

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• Jun 13, 2013

• #4

Thanks delia todd and peter c, your comments mean a lot

 

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Gretchen

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• Jun 13, 2013

• #5

Reminds me of the song I learned years ago (and all I know about kookaburras) "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree..."

Thanks for sharing.

 

Peter C.

...just zis guy, you know?

• Jun 13, 2013

• #6

Gretchen said:

Reminds me of the song I learned years ago (and all I know about kookaburras) "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree..."

Thanks for sharing.

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Ah. I see we are of similar 'vintage'; that song was in one of my old grade school music books in Canada as well.

Doubt very much that the lyrics would pass muster these days ... and in any case, whoever characterized their calls using adjectives like "merry" or "gay" had obviously never heard one in the flesh; "homicidal maniac on the edge of cracking" is more like it... |8.|

 

msford88

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• Jun 13, 2013

• #7

I have to echo the statements made in regards to the kookaburra song...

Also, that's a wonderful shot. Thanks for sharing!

 

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Gretchen

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• Jun 14, 2013

• #8

Peter C. said:

Ah. I see we are of similar 'vintage'; that song was in one of my old grade school music books in Canada as well.

Doubt very much that the lyrics would pass muster these days ... and in any case, whoever characterized their calls using adjectives like "merry" or "gay" had obviously never heard one in the flesh; "homicidal maniac on the edge of cracking" is more like it... |8.|

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Ha-ha, and I hadn't heard them until your comment caused me to look it up! Perhaps "gay" means "spirited" or "energetic"? We are probably of the same vintage, though it might not make you feel better if I tell that I seem to recall that I learned the song from my grandmother!

 

Kits

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• Jun 14, 2013

• #9

Great to see them all in a row posing nicely for you!

 

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LeoRamos

Birder, Hiker and Wildlife Artist

• Jun 18, 2013

• #10

Thanks for sharing. You say that are not rare... it is? I always thought that are uncommon birds. Meybe because they seems too exotic for me