Driving by the lake yesterday morning .. I backed up when I spotted the kookaburra; turned around enough so I could take these photos from the car.
hello Kooka; don't let me put you off
showing quite some interest down at the ground
According to Birds in Backyards: Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. You can
read more from this fact-sheet.
digging away but didn't seem to get anything other than a beak full of dirt
back up again
pondering, and then off, somewhere else
the open grassed areas aren't quite so green after the heat of summer.
