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Dacelo novaeguineae
Kookaburras are carnivorous. They will eat lizards, snakes, insects, mice, other small birds, and raw meat. The most social birds will accept handouts from humans and will take raw or cooked meat (even if at high temperature) from on or near open-air barbecues left unattended.
Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 1, 2012
5 Comments
great poem thanks patty! :) these sure are noisy things and certainly wake me up every morning without fail.
I wonder if what the poem says is so...Do they sing at night?
Very nice bird and picture Sean! I searched for a poem related to the kookaburra, with such a name it surely had one. Found this in the net, hope you like it =). The Kookaburra ( by Frank Halliwell )
They congregate at break of day,
when night is almost done,
for a joyous benediction
to the rising of the sun.
And once again come evening,
when the western sky so bright,
surrenders all it's duties
to the velvet cloak of night.
I'd like someone to explain to me,
before I turn to clay,
'cause I've never heard that cackle
in the middle of the day.
Why they sometimes start at 4 AM
and wake me with a fright,
to join with them, to celebrate
the middle of the night!
In: http://www.midcoast.com.au/poetry/kooky....
Thanks williefromwi :)
very nice photos and information of your spotting. Thanks for sharing.