Kookaburra story

Every spring a Laughing Kookaburra visits my veranda, it’s quite strange.

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 200
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70mm

 

Kookaburras visit my garden pretty much every day but it’s only in spring that one sits hopefully on my veranda. I imagine it gets fed somewhere locally and this is the time of year that the host family head off for a holiday.

Kookas’ heads and bills are so huge compared to the rest of them that it always surprises me that they can fly.

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/1000, f/5.0, ISO 160
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70mm

 

A friend of mine had loaned me his Canon 5Div and his Canon 24-70mm lens (thank you David!) and I was sitting outside familiarising myself with the gear when the company arrived, which explains some of the unusual camera settings.

 

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 250
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70mm

 

Talk about a hint! After a few minutes the kooka seemed to decide that it had waited far too long for me to feed it so opened its big bill.

 

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/1250, f/5.6, ISO 200
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70

 

The kooka still didn’t get fed so it flew down and landed on the coffee table. So funny. It would have been too close to focus on if I’d been using my main lens.

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/1000, f/8.0, ISO 400
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70mm

 

When I still didn’t give it any food it flew back up to the veranda railing and started peering towards the ground.

 

 

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
1/640, f/4.0, ISO 1600
Canon 5Div, Canon 24-70mm

 

And it’s foraging was instantly successful. Surely that’s not a dirty look it’s giving me! The chuckling, chortling call of the Laughing Kookaburra always makes me smile, but this bird made me smile without even laughing.

Happy birding

Kim

 

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