Wednesday, February 10, 2010

We have a baby kookaburra hanging around our neighbourhood at the moment. He and his parents spend a lot of time in the trees surrounding our yard. He is still learning to laugh, and sounds more like a very sickly chainsaw trying to start, rather than the familiar kookaburra laugh.
This morning he was carrying on continuously, and the kids went out to see if they could spot him. They came rushing back in to tell me that he was choking on a shoelace. Riiight. So I went out to take a look. Sitting on a branch was the proudest bird I have ever seen, proudly displaying a (very small) snake he'd caught all by himself. Obviously the noise was because he wanted us all to see how clever he is!

3 comments:

Melissa said...

That is totally cool!!

Kristin said...

Oh how cute...now I have that song running through my head...

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,

Merry, merry king of the bush is he,

Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra,

Gay your life must be.

Meggie said...

How great you got a photo! Amazing little fella. I love them, & we hear them laughing, but dont very often see them.. there are rotten myna birds here, & I understand they kill the baby Kookas.