The Laughing Kookaburra

Posted by Vinman (Essex, United Kingdom) on 1 October 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

I'll never forget waking up one morning at a friend's house in a forest just outside Sydney, Australia and hearing what I thought was a group of escaped baboons. Only to find the noise was made by a pair of these quite small birds!

This one was photographed in captivity here in the U.K.

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Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

those little birds can put out a lot of volume!
I like your perspective on this one - most bird shots seem to be looking up or straight on but not top down.

1 Oct 2008 8:56am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Fabulous capture!

1 Oct 2008 12:50pm

maysam.pourghasemi from tehran, Iran

very nice shot.well done

1 Oct 2008 1:01pm

Daniel from Kenmare, United States

what a little ripper!

1 Oct 2008 1:36pm

bisha from Saitama, Japan

Beautiful detail! I like the perspective too, nicely captured.

2 Oct 2008 3:23pm

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