Dandenong Ranges Nature Photography » kookaburra

Kookaburra closeup

Kathie Thomas — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:02:26 +0000

They have such beautiful colouring, these birds. Similar to gum trees really. Love the dappled feathers underneath too. And their beautiful big eyes.

Kookaburra

Kathie Thomas — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:37:28 +0000

These are such comical looking birds at times – they look down along their beak at you. I love watching them. They watch the ground intently for their next food item but they also watch around them too. They perch up in trees, on signposts, washing lines, anywhere really. And I love to hear their laugh early in the mornings and in the evenings too.

Bad Hair Day

Kathie — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:09:09 +0000

There was a family of kookaburras in our park on a windy day during the week and here’s a couple of shots – will share more soon. The title of this post relates to the first photo where the wind was blowing up the feathers on the back of the bird’s head.

Things are looking up

Kathie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:49:02 +0000

Don’t know what caught their attention but these two both looked up at the same time. Probably a bird flying overhead but I didn’t look up to see. One of the kookaburras seems to have something hanging from its beak – almost looks like a hair or something.

Australian Laughing Kookaburra

Kathie — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:32:01 +0000

I took my daughter and grandson to Grant’s picnic ground in Kallista. One of my favourite places to go. There’s always lots of birdlife there that’s not afraid of the number of people hanging around. In fact, they expect to be fed! This kookaburra was on a tree close to the deck at the back of the cafe where we were sitting, making it a perfect subject for my camera.

This King Parrot sat in a tree just observing everything below it.

And this cheeky Cockatoo had snatched a bag of seed from an unsuspecting tourist and flew up to the nearest tree to enjoy its spoils.

Another kookaburra

Kathie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:50:03 +0000

Can you tell they’re one of my favourite birds to shoot? I keep hoping for that ultimate perfect Kookaburra photo. This one was at the train station while I was waiting for my husband’s train to come in.

Close up of a Kookaburra

Kathie — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:26:51 +0000

Different angle to what I normally get to take. This is on my property.

Good catch!

Kathie — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:36:16 +0000

I was out walking one lunchtime last week and noticed a Kookaburra fly down from a power line and it was jumping and darting amongst the leaves and dirt on the ground. When its head came up I spied a small lizard in its beak.

Young Kookaburra

Kathie — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:02:11 +0000

I paid a visit last Friday to one of my favourite places, Grant’s Picnic Ground, which is only around 10 mins drive from my home and halfway between my daughter’s and my homes. So I will often drop in there after I’ve been visiting Melanie.

That day there were quite a few kookaburras hanging around the kiosk, although it had closed up and there were no patrons. However, it allowed me to get up close and personal with my camera.

This is a young kookburra with an older one behind it.

The bird catches the worm

Kathie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:20:39 +0000

Seen in our grounds on the weekend, this Kookaburra eyes a worm from a tree, flies down and grabs it, then swallows it down.