KOOKABURRAS
The Kookaburra, or Laughing Jackass, is another favourite bird of mine and he can be heard from far enough away when he starts his maniacal laughing. He can be very silent, though, and not so long ago I didn't realise one of them had landed in a tree in my front garden until he started laughing at me.
On another day, a large shrub had been drastically pruned to admit light to my sunroom and one branch of the tree was left looking a little bedraggled and ragged sticking up into the air. When a kookaburra landed on the railing of my sundeck, I quickly went inside to get some meat for him but when I went outside again I thought he had flown off - I should have known better ! He had perched on the tip of the pruned branch from where he could fly down to catch the thrown meat before it could touch the ground !
I must be known throughout the bird world as being a soft touch........
....but the pleasure I get from watching the birds makes up for all the trouble.
The Kookaburra, or Laughing Jackass, is another favourite bird of mine and he can be heard from far enough away when he starts his maniacal laughing. He can be very silent, though, and not so long ago I didn't realise one of them had landed in a tree in my front garden until he started laughing at me.
On another day, a large shrub had been drastically pruned to admit light to my sunroom and one branch of the tree was left looking a little bedraggled and ragged sticking up into the air. When a kookaburra landed on the railing of my sundeck, I quickly went inside to get some meat for him but when I went outside again I thought he had flown off - I should have known better ! He had perched on the tip of the pruned branch from where he could fly down to catch the thrown meat before it could touch the ground !
I must be known throughout the bird world as being a soft touch........
....but the pleasure I get from watching the birds makes up for all the trouble.
posted by Needlelacer | 5:16 PM
5 Comments:
you have birds which I have never seen. It is pleasant for me to look in before I go to bed.
Doreen
Glad you like it Doreen. If you need any more information on anything let me know.
Polter56 has stolen one of your Kookaburras pictures, well, copied it. Which I must say is excellent. When the oldest grandson was a lot younger than he is today, the wife used to call him ... my little kookaburra .... no Idea why, but that's the first picture of a kookaburra I remember seeing.
Oops, just noticed the copyright thingy .......... I'll send you a cheque or ..... need any software ..... if I don't have it I can get it.
Don't worry about it Polter.
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