Instead of Sunday Selections
I have for you two photos of Kookaburras that were in the big Silky Oak tree across the street from my home.
I'd heard them laughing earlier in the morning but from a different direction.
It appears to be a parent with a youngster and one flew away probably to get food while the smaller one stayed in the tree.
this is from youtube, so all you northern hemisphere people can hear the sound that wakes many Australians. Turn your sound up.
That's certainly some wake up call! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBoud; it is lovely to hear, but this close to the city it isn't as common in outer areas closer to the hills and all those trees in those parts.
DeleteOMG as my kids would say. This beats my doves and rooks!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte; I have never heard rooks, but I have heard doves and find them annoying. The kookaburras are definitely better. Early morning magpie song is also lovely, they're quite musical.
DeleteHow fun that you could hear them laughing. Love that.
ReplyDeleteTha Happy Whisk; it is such a cheerful laugh, it puts a smile on my face and the day gets off to a good start.
DeleteThat my dear friend, is the best.
DeleteIt was the first sound I got the first morning we slept in the new house - there is a park behind our house with some decent trees near our back fence and they were very vociferous!
ReplyDeletejeanie; I am so glad that you have them nearby. I am too close to the city and don't often have them in this area.
DeleteAdorei as fotos e elas são lindas!
ReplyDeletebeijos, tudo de bom,chica
chica; I am glad you liked them.
DeleteBeautiful photos, dear friend! And their laughter is infectious!!! LOL!
ReplyDeleteLinda's Relaxing Lair; thank you, they are infectious and I wake up smiling when I hear them, which is not often enough.
DeleteThey often start well before dawn and can certainly wake me up if I'm away from home, but I do love the sound.
ReplyDeleteAndrew; yes, as soon as the sun cracks the horizon, which is fine with me. Usually the first sounds I hear are the 6.30 am planes coming in for landing.
DeleteNow I have the Kookaburra song stuck in my head :-)
ReplyDeleteKathy G; it's a happy earworm at least 😃
DeleteI’ve heard them before, it’s a joy to hear them again.
ReplyDeletemessymimi; laughter of any sort is a very happy making sound.
DeleteFirst thing that popped into my head when the page loaded was that old kookaburra song — couldn’t help but hum a few lines.
ReplyDeleteYour photos brought the tune right back, and hearing their laugh alongside it makes the whole post even more delightful.
Veronica Lee; I remember learning that song in primary school, when I had never heard a kookaburra. Being coastal birds they weren't around in my mid-north childhood town.
DeleteI used to think that kookaburras could attack humans, but they never do! Instead they control natural pests and perhaps harm native wildlife in Australia.
ReplyDeleteHels; I think any "harm" is just them eating their natural foods, like small snakes etc.
DeleteLove the sounds of the birds but I'm glad they are not close, R.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D; I wish I lived closer to them, they don't usually laugh all day, mostly morning and evening, but I wouldn't mind that at all.
DeleteThey are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteRuby Rose and the Big little Angels 3; they are and happy too.
DeleteWonderful, River! I sure miss them. In the caravan park they also told you when to go to bed ;-)
ReplyDeleteIris; yes, that laughing sound at dawn and dusk is better than a clock.
DeleteHopefully in two years again...
DeleteLovely looking birds. They sound like a didgeridoo, or a didgeridoo sounds like them.
ReplyDeletejabblog; I don't hear didgeridoo when I hear kookaburras, a didgeridoo is more droning. the birds are pretty though.
DeleteThese Kookaburras are fantastic. I do like a bird with a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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handmade by amalia; I like anything with a sense of humor.
DeleteWow, those are very noisy birds! And I thought my parakeets and starlings were loud! They also have weirdly big heads. Hopefully I'll get to hear some in the wild one day, when I get to Australia myself.
ReplyDeleteSteve Reed; they are coastal birds so you will need to visit a place with plenty of trees within a few miles of beaches, like our Adelaide Hills, or the Blue Mountains near Sydney. They aren't usually this close to the city, although I do see and hear them at least once a year, sometimes twice. I like their big heads, makes them easy to identify.
DeleteI do like them. I used to teach the song to my students.
ReplyDeleteJenn Jilks; I am surprised that the song made its way overseas, but happy to hear that.
DeleteYou have such unusual birds there!
ReplyDeleteAlex J.Cavanaugh; we do and we love them, and you have prettier ones that sing nicely.
DeleteThey could give confidence to a standup comedian practicing his routine!
ReplyDeleteVal; they could do that! Or the poor comedian might think they are mocking him...
DeleteI never knew that was what the laughing meant in the song. Great audience.
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane; I never thought about that, people knowing the song but not knowing the actual laughing. Now you know.
DeleteI love kookas! The sound and the look of them.
ReplyDeleteSomebody I knew who was visiting from New Zealand fussed about the "terrible racket" and I thought how could you not love them?
Great photos!
We don't have kookaburras in the UK. I have seen them in a zoo though.
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Lovely to see these photographs and I enjoyed the video, I found myself laughing along with them :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan