Dacelo novaeguineae

2 Laughing Kookaburra at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Dacelo novaeguineae	9 Sep 2019	ArcherCallaway
	Dacelo novaeguineae	8 Sep 2019	JonSteinbeck

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This pair of Laughing Kookaburras were intent on “protecting” their tree from Gang-gang Cockatoos. They were in the gum tree when the four Gang-gangs arrived. Only one kookaburra went after the Gang-gangs. This kookaburra then flew at the second kookaburra who went to a dead branch. The other kookaburra flew to a hollow in the trunk of the tree. It spent a bit of time with its body inside and only its tail outside. It was able to go all the way in, where it stayed for a minute or so. Some wood chips few out and a little while later its head appeared outside the hollow, where it paused, before flying out to a nearby branch. It then quickly flew back to a second hollow below the first one. It did not go inside the second hollow but stayed on the outside.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.115788 -35.333078
Altitude 704.6m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
Places Garran, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds

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True Nesting site

Species information

Dacelo novaeguineae Scientific name
Laughing Kookaburra Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1325.92m Recorded at altitude
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