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Subject: [Leica] Kookaburra in Sydney today
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:25:54 +1000
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Sorry that should have been number 13. But the magpies at 11 are much more
melodious!
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 17 February 2010 09:24, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'd be a bit scruffy too with the same lifestyle, Justin ;-) Up at dawn
> to give a concert then wrestling deadly snakes before breakfast. No wonder
> they have to laugh about it
> Number eleven on this hit parade for anyone who is interested
> http://birdsinbackyards.net/feature/top-40-bird-songs.cfm
>  Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>   On 17 February 2010 09:09, Justin Viiret <justin at sprawl.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In my experience, kookaburras have always looked a bit scruffy -- we had
>> them in the backyard all the time where I grew up in Adelaide. Here's
>> another one:
>>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/13789448/>
>>
>> They occasionally eat snakes here, too -- one day I wandered out of the
>> house with the camera and _just_ managed to squeeze off two frames of one
>> that had just caught its lunch, a young brown snake:
>>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/12778764/>
>>
>> jv
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Howard - thought this guy looked a bit scruffy, is this normal for
>> > Kookaburras, or has he had a rough night on the Fosters
>>  >
>>
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In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer) ([Leica] Kookaburra in Sydney today)
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Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Kookaburra in Sydney today)