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Kookaburra came to visit

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PentUp
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A Kookaburra on the front fence back in 2016.

Using my son's Pentax K-50 and a Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM

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MightyMike Forum Pro • Posts: 41,691
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Seems like a friendly bird

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MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

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Re: Kookaburra came to visit

TBLF wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

LOL This guy is possibly the same one who ate all our goldfish! Kookaburras are the largest species of Kingfisher after all.

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MightyMike Forum Pro • Posts: 41,691
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PentUp wrote:

TBLF wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

LOL This guy is possibly the same one who ate all our goldfish! Kookaburras are the largest species of Kingfisher after all.

Oh so it stuck around to ask "please sir, can I have some more?"

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Re: Kookaburra came to visit

MightyMike wrote:

PentUp wrote:

TBLF wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

LOL This guy is possibly the same one who ate all our goldfish! Kookaburras are the largest species of Kingfisher after all.

Oh so it stuck around to ask "please sir, can I have some more?"

Haha More likely it was back to see what else was on the menu! Maybe he thought we'd been to the pet store for more fish!

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fisherman_lol Contributing Member • Posts: 934
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PentUp wrote:

TBLF wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

LOL This guy is possibly the same one who ate all our goldfish! Kookaburras are the largest species of Kingfisher after all.

He still looks so innocent. 

flektogon
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Very photogenic creature. And apparently friendly towards the Pentax gear (and Sigma ).

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flektogon wrote:

Very photogenic creature. And apparently friendly towards the Pentax gear (and Sigma ).

Cheers Peter. It’s not often that they let you approach that close.

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fisherman_lol wrote:

PentUp wrote:

TBLF wrote:

MightyMike wrote:

Seems like a friendly bird

Nice shot. Not sure how friendly, at the zoo I saw them feeding them mice...heh.

LOL This guy is possibly the same one who ate all our goldfish! Kookaburras are the largest species of Kingfisher after all.

He still looks so innocent.

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bilybianca Contributing Member • Posts: 699
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Nice!

The Kokaburras I've seen have all been in bird parks or the like, in Europe or South Africa. In the "wild" (your fence) are they very shy and rare?

Kjell

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bilybianca wrote:

Nice!

The Kokaburras I've seen have all been in bird parks or the like, in Europe or South Africa. In the "wild" (your fence) are they very shy and rare?

Kjell

Hi Kjell,

Those Kookaburras that dwell in suburban areas are still "wild" but more habituated to the humans that share their habitat. Not rare, but certainly not seen daily.

This fellow however, was particularly obliging with regard to me approaching him on foot. Most birds would have flown away as soon as I started to approach.

If you let them see you completely before approaching, and just close the distance slowly and calmly with no sudden movements, you would be surprised how close you can approach any wild animal from elephants down to birds. (However, not something I recommend with any dangerous animal unless you have a lot of experience and understanding of that species' body language, behavior and comfort zone.)

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