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Subject: [Leica] Kookaburra in Sydney today
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:58:54 +1000
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Howars I'km glad that you are meeting more of the locals. The kookaburra's
song, often in chorus, is one of the iconic sounds of the Australian bush.
Many more creatures await your lenses once you get to Brisbane!
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 16 February 2010 20:23, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Info taken from Wikipedia:
> 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
> http://tinyurl.com/ylgwqjz
> Please enjoy,
> All C&C welcome as always
> Cheers
> Howard (in sunny windy Sydney)
>
>
>
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