Dacelo novaeguineae

2 Laughing Kookaburra at Garran, ACT

Dacelo novaeguineae at Garran, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM
Dacelo novaeguineae at Garran, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM
Dacelo novaeguineae at Garran, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM
Dacelo novaeguineae at Garran, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM
Dacelo novaeguineae at Garran, ACT - 31 Aug 2019 07:25 AM
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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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