Got back from a trip last week & parked the Kamper for the night.
Went out the next day to unpack & clean her & was visited by the Kimberly Kamper Kookaburra ;D
What a beautiful creature they are :cup:
Hands up everyone who thought I was a Redneck Bigot >:D
Cheers :cheers:
Frank
You live in Townsville. If it walks like a duck . . . . . .
Quote from: POD on October 13, 2011, 10:36:50 PM
You live in Townsville. If it walks like a duck . . . . . .
You got me there I'm a redneck but I don't know what bigot means ;D
OK, got me. All the plain language and living in FNQ, sorry about that.
Not like this poor chap!
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/kookaburra-survives-700km-trip-after-being-stuck-in-cars-grille/story-e6freoof-1226068190977
We had a chat about them camping earlier this year... it seemed they were round a hell of a lot more when I was a kid, rarely see them these days... wouldnt have anything to do with all the bush being bulldozed... :(
Quote from: Lost on October 14, 2011, 10:37:12 AM
We had a chat about them camping earlier this year... it seemed they were round a hell of a lot more when I was a kid, rarely see them these days... wouldnt have anything to do with all the bush being bulldozed... :(
It is certainly something I miss from my childhood, kookas laughing in the trees.
We actually had one on our TV antenna the other week looking lonely. Also up until about 6 months ago we had black cockatoos fly overhead in north western Sydney (Kellyville area)
Quote from: Lost on October 14, 2011, 10:37:12 AM
We had a chat about them camping earlier this year... it seemed they were round a hell of a lot more when I was a kid, rarely see them these days... wouldnt have anything to do with all the bush being bulldozed... :(
It's actually the opposite here, we've got more Kookaburras here this year than I can recall in the past ???
I just assumed they relocated here after Cyclone Yasi destroyed so much bush up this way.
Who knows but there welcome to stay here as long as they wish :cup:
Cheers :cheers:
Frank
They are still around alot
We have them regularly out here....they were only going off yesterday morning so hopefully we have some rain coming!!!! :cup:
Also see at least a couple on the wires on my drive to work. ;D
We have a resident pear that live around our house.
Quote from: staghornflat on October 14, 2011, 12:16:56 PM
We have a resident pear that live around our house.
I thought this was a thread about Kookuburras? ;D
(http://www.newscientist.com/blog/lastword/uploaded_images/070905_shapely_pear-776051.jpg)
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Great photos ferret - love the last one : "What are you doing in my carport?"
We've got a few of them that live around our place, but we very rarely see them in our yard for some reason. Growing up in Toowoomba, we always had heaps of them. Like MDS, hearing them laughing is something that I miss. Dad still has a family that he feed kangaroo meat - they're quite quiet, but won't let you pat them (unlike the possums).
We had this fellow stick around when we were at Granite Gorge last.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kStyPOQonQY/Towda_tzBVI/AAAAAAAAS5Q/TnwgBm-uL7U/s640/IMG_1076.JPG)
Thanks!
Matto :)
My wife has a great pear!
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Quote from: MDS69It is certainly something I miss from my childhood, kookas laughing in the trees.
same. I grew up camping around Hill End/Solfala etc with the old man gold panning, they were EVERYWHERE back in the darkages :(
Quote from: POD on October 14, 2011, 01:35:51 PM
My wife has a great pear!
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:cup: :cup: :cup: :cup:
Thanks!
Matto :)
I know it's O.T. but we have a resident "pair" of plovers with 2 babies that wander up & down our street on their way to & from the park; we live in suburban Brisbane. When I was a kid (when dinosaurs roamed the earth), plovers with babies would attack you if you ventured within 500 yards of the nest (wasn't metric then) but these two will let you walk by within 5 meters (metric now). I guess they are in much more contact with humans as I grew up on a 3000 acre (non metric) property, nearest neighbour 2 miles away. How things can change with the environment they live in. They started out with 4 babies but now down to two probably due to cars running over them. Bossiest parents I have ever seen, if the littlies get out of line they get a stern talking to.