Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] Kookaburra in Sydney today
From: hewthompson at mac.com (Hugh Thompson)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:46:24 +0430
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Howard - thought this guy looked a bit scruffy, is this normal for  
Kookaburras, or has he had a rough night on the Fosters

Hugh

On 16-Feb-10, at 2:53 PM, H&ECummer wrote:

> Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are large terrestrial kingfishers native  
> to Australia and New Guinea.
> Kookaburras are named after the sound of their unmistakable call,  
> which is like loud, echoing human laughter ? good-natured, but a  
> rather hysterical maniacal cackling in the case of the Blue-winged  
> Kookaburra (D. leachii) - pictured. The photo was taken today at  
> Bradley's Head with the G1 and the 45 - 200 zoom handheld with VR on.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Australia2010/KookaburraW.jpg.html
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