Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Wild Bird Wednesday 501 - An Iconic Start.

Well, its WBW 501.  And it was pointed out to me last week (thank you!) that the 500th WBW missed that most iconic of Australian birds, the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).

I have to admit that was a bit of an oversight, so as 501 is as good a number as 500, this week I make up for this error.

So here is a collection of some of my favourite Laughing Kookaburra pictures.  I hope that you enjoy them.






It appears that they enjoy sitting on fence posts!

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14 comments:

  1. A famous bird even in the northern hemisphere because of that song!

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  2. Hari OM
    ...and thank you, Stewart!!! YAM xx

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  3. The face is so full of character.

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  4. Happy 501! Thanks for the ongoing bird hop.

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  5. I just assumed that everyone was voting for Kookaburra. Just hoping I could spell it right. Great intimate images!

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  6. Great shots o this bird Stewart when I go to link in, all my recent photos DO NOT appear and your linky picks a past image!!! Hence the thumbnail is not the bird/s in my post. this has happened before recently. Thanks for hosting and have a great week ahead

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  7. Such a beauty. I’ve never seen such great close-ups.

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  8. Thanks for featuring Laughing Kookaburra in this post.It looks beautiful and nice close-ups too..

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  9. Hello Stewart, :=) All your images of this unique bird the Kookaburra are fantastic,...why didn't I think of the Kookaburra before!! It's one bird I think of when I think of Australia. Thank you for sharing, it was a pleasure, and many thanks for hosting.

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  10. So this was better as the Kookaburra had a whole post to itself :-) Lovely photos. Cheers Diane

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  11. Love these pictures..Just want to hug him!!..wonderful pictures..

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  12. He is a sweetie! When I was a kid, we all learned the song "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree."

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  13. Such a cute bird, which I've never seen in person, but certainly remember the song!

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  14. mam w pracy kubek z tymi ptakami! Świetne zdjęcia.

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