kookaburra

[Robert S]

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[JAS]

Great shots! The first one looks like one of my college professors from back in the Dark Ages.

 

[jeffnles1]

Cool shots. They look a lot like our kingfishers. I wonder if they are somehow related. Never been to Australia and haven’t seen one of these in person,

 

[Robert S]

Great shots! The first one looks like one of my college professors from back in the Dark Ages.

Thanks Joe. The bird is wild but comes for a feed.

 

[Robert S]

Cool shots. They look a lot like our kingfishers. I wonder if they are somehow related. Never been to Australia and haven’t seen one of these in person,

The Kookaburra is a Kingfisher. It eats invertebrates, reptiles, small mammals and birds. I've never seen one take a bird but have seen and photographed them taking everything else. Photographed one with a small red bellied black snake but the photo was not much good.

 

[Irap]

Great shots Ibrahim, Do they ever eat fish like other Kingfishers?

 

[jeffnles1]

The Kookaburra is a Kingfisher. It eats invertebrates, reptiles, small mammals and birds. I've never seen one take a bird but have seen and photographed them taking everything else. Photographed one with a small red bellied black snake but the photo was not much good.

Thanks. I thought it had same shape and bill as our belted kingfishers here. Pretty bird and nice photos of them.

 

[Robert S]

Great shots Ibrahim, Do they ever eat fish like other Kingfishers?

Thanks Ira. As far as I know they do not take fish.

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice set and shooting Ibrahim. Love his looks.

 

[Winston Churchill (Sir)]

Beautiful Captures!
From what I remember from a talk I once attended - several - if not most Kingfishers actually don't enjoy fish as their main meal - if at all.

 

[Robert S]

Nice set and shooting Ibrahim. Love his looks.

Glad you liked it Kirk.

 

[Robert S]

Beautiful Captures!
From what I remember from a talk I once attended - several - if not most Kingfishers actually don't enjoy fish as their main meal - if at all.

Thanks Elsa.

 

[trapper12]

Lovely capture very nice pics

 

[Lance B]

Thanks Ira. As far as I know they do not take fish.

Except if they are battered with chips and I'm about to eat it. I had a kookaburra take a piece of battered fish out of my hand as I was about to eat it at an outdoor cafe in Sydney!

 

[Lance B]

Cool shots. They look a lot like our kingfishers. I wonder if they are somehow related. Never been to Australia and haven’t seen one of these in person,

They are the world's largest kingfisher.

 

[Lance B]

Great shots, Ibrahim.

I love kookaburras, they are one of my favourite Aussie birds.

 

[Mark Hauser]

Lovely portrait picture. ❤
I love the laugh that the kookaburras make.
Whenever I watch a video by Duade Paton

 

[Robert S]

Lovely capture very nice pics

Thanks trapper.

 

[Robert S]

Great shots, Ibrahim.

I love kookaburras, they are one of my favourite Aussie birds.

Thanks Lance.

 

[Robert S]

Lovely portrait picture. ❤
I love the laugh that the kookaburras make.
Whenever I watch a video by Duade Paton

Thanks Mark. I'm in Darwin for January. Blue winged Kookaburras are more common in Darwin than down here in SE Queensland.

 

[Mark Hauser]

Thanks Mark. I'm in Darwin for January. Blue winged Kookaburras are more common in Darwin than down here in SE Queensland.

Then I'm looking forward to the new pictures that will come.
Have a lot of fun there and lots of nice new memories.