Dacelo novaeguineae

Laughing Kookaburra at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Dacelo novaeguineae	27 Nov 2019	ArcherCallaway
	Dacelo novaeguineae	24 Nov 2019	JonSteinbeck

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In approaching a hollow I had previously seen coming under the attention of birds (tree 19), I thought I could see something white inside. I photographed the hollow from a distance and only when I was processing the shot did I see it was most likely the crown of a kookaburra. I basically confirmed the species when I saw a kookaburra fly onto a branch near the hollow before it quickly moved inside. Unfortunately, I was too slow to get the shot and the bird did not re-emerge while I waited with my camera ready. The majority of these shots are of a quiet kookaburra in the general area that may have been a bird using the hollow. I only saw one kookaburra in the immediate area.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.115645 -35.333027
Altitude 702.8m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
Places Garran, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Nov 2019 08:12 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds

Additional information

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
967 images trained Machine learning
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