Kookaburra's

[lacad01]

Took these last year when at Carnarvon Gorge, Qld (oops, sorry about the apostrophe in the title ;) )

[stephenb]

Great shots, thanks Adam. I really enjoy Kookaburras singing as much as maggies in the morning.

[lacad01]

Thanks Stephen, yep there's something quite uniquely Aussie about the sounds of the magpie and kookaburra :)

[dpastern]

Good shots Adam. BTW, magpies are all over the world, not unique to Australia ;-)

Dave

[stephenb]

And that their are actually five different races of Aussie magpies.

Adam, I think that's a male, only because the male has the white ends to the tail.

[lacad01]

There you go, learn something new every day ;)

[Liz]

Great shots Adam - there are beautiful birds for sure :thumbsup:

[dpastern]

It's nice when you learn something new isn't it? I do have a book on Australian birds, I probably should use it more, especially since I actually enjoy watching birds.

Dave

[stephenb]

Dave, your probably like me, I used to love a spot of bird "watching", not the serious type, just oberving them whilst bushwalking, and being aware of what native birds are in my garden/general area, seeing an strage bird and checking the book.

[dpastern]

Yup. That's me. I don't do much bush walking these days, but it was something that I enjoyed doing when I was younger. When my best mate got married, it all sort of died.

Dave

[lacad01]

A good book I've found helpful is Simpson & Day's "Field Guide to the Birds of Australia". Am by no means a birder but it's a great resource to take away, fits nicely in the glove box too :)

[dpastern]

I've got an old copy of Simpons book, but have a new version of Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight's 'the field guide to the birds of australia'. Much recommended.

Dave

[Octane]

Adam,

A couple of lovely unassuming portraits there, mate.

Kookaburras are such interesting creatures.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Humayun

[lacad01]

Thanks for looking :) They were taken with a Powershot S3, nice little point'n'shoot.