We have two resident kookaburras

Four Walls

@FourWalls (86355)

• United States

18 May 25

Me at Kentucky Down Under, 2021. Selfie by FourWalls.

@JudyEv — that’s where I got to pet the kangaroos!! And hold a snake! (Although I’ve done that in a lot of places…)

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

@FourWalls That's great. I often see posts about wandering kangaroos and emus too.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208426)

• United States

18 May 25

Do they laugh? Are they the ones with the crazy song? I think a friend from Oz sent me a recording of kookaburras laughing

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208426)

• United States

18 May 25

@JudyEv It is eerie I agree

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

Yes, they do laugh. They're often called 'laughing jackass' although not so much now. If you weren't used to them, their call could be quite scary.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (501737)

• Italy

18 May 25

I have never seen those birds even in zoos, they are cute.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (501737)

• Italy

18 May 25

@JudyEv It's all the time a problem when new species are introduced, the fight for food.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

They are not actually native to our state but were introduced from the east. They compete with native species for food and territory.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

@LadyDuck And often with birds, it's also a competition for nesting places especially if it's hollow logs that the birds need.

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@DaddyEvil (174009)

• United States

18 May 25

Very nice photo. Thank Vince for me, please and thank you.

I hope you find your camera soon. It annoys me when I can't find something I know I just had.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

I'm glad you like the photo. I've found my camera now and have taken a couple of photos of the balustrade we've been working on.

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@DaddyEvil (174009)

• United States

18 May 25

@JudyEv I tried to figure out if those were male or female kookaburras but couldn't tell. Do you know what they are? A pair or just singletons? I'm glad you found your camera. I hope it doesn't go walk-about on its own again.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

@DaddyEvil I imagine they're a pair. They don't go around in flocks so I'm thinking they're a pair. I've given my camera a good talking-to and it's promised to behave.

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rakski

@rakski (155588)

• Philippines

18 May 25

I only knew kookaburras from the children's song. I do not even know how to spell them

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rakski

@rakski (155588)

• Philippines

18 May 25

@JudyEv I just copied your title!!!

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

@rakski I give you ten marks out of ten for being clever!!

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

Well, you spelt it correctly! Many myLotters seem to have learnt the kookaburra song.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128675)

• Gainesville, Florida

25 May 25

Nice photo! Are kookaburras mean birds, or are they nice birds? My favorite coffee shop here in my city is an Australian coffeehouse named The Kookaburra!

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (128675)

• Gainesville, Florida

27 May 25

@JudyEv Are they aggressive birds? They sure look like they could be.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 May 25

@moffittjc Yes, those beaks are really powerful.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 May 25

That's nice to know about your coffee shop.

Kookaburras aren't native to WA (not your WA, our WA) and are a bit of pest. They compete with the local species for nesting places in particular.

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

18 May 25

Oh they are cute! Is that the male, the darker one on the left with brighter beak? Only saying that because so many species here are that way; males are colorful and the females not so much.

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

18 May 25

@JudyEv Got cha! I was just curious!

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

I had to look it up but I'd say the one on the left is the female. Males have blue feathers on the tail and females have a reddish tail with black bars.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

@kareng I like to know these things too. Sometimes I know that I used to know the answer but too much time has gone by since I last thought about it and I've forgotten.

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youless

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

19 May 25

This is a nice photo

I looked up this bird online and found they may be only available in Australia. I am curious their sound as it seems like people's laughing

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youless

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

20 May 25

@JudyEv Yes, this is a good tip to hear that

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

If you search 'kookaburra laughing', there are a lot of YouTube clips of them laughing.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

19 May 25

They look so cute there You too me to this song that we used to sing

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

19 May 25

@JudyEv As kids we were taught countless of such songs. In the video it is the U that is used. We sing it with A

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

It seems a great many myLotters have learnt this at school. We say the 'burra' with an 'u' sound rather than a 'you' sound. I'm surprised so many know the song.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91300)

• United States

18 May 25

They really are amazing

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91300)

• United States

18 May 25

@JudyEv Ouch

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

They are very good at killing snakes too. They drop the snakes from a great height and it breaks their backs.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135308)

• Marion, Ohio

18 May 25

That's a good photo

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135308)

• Marion, Ohio

19 May 25

@JudyEv Birds can be hard to photograph

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

The next second, they'd both flown off.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (121871)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

19 May 25

Good looking kookaburras on this post.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

I am always taken by how strong their beaks look.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (121871)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

19 May 25

@JudyEv

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222058)

• United States

18 May 25

They are so cute! I hope the balustrade project gets solved.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

The balustrade is done apart from a coat of paint on one section. It turned out to be quite an exercise! lol

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

@LindaOHio Thanks.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222058)

• United States

19 May 25

@JudyEv She will be thrilled.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (58810)

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18 May 25

I have seen these birds, but only in zoos. They are so different and seem rather charming to me.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

I think they belong to the kingfisher family. They look a bit like kingfishers.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (58810)

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18 May 25

@JudyEv Yes, you are right, they do.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49740)

• India

18 May 25

They look so cute and majestic in their own ways ! My kids would have been very happy to see these birds in their vicinity.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 May 25

We are lucky enough to see them quite regularly.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17232)

• China

18 May 25

The birds cooperatively posed for a photo ! I know kookaburras "laugh" like human beings.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

They do have quite a human-like 'laugh'. It must have been scary for the early settlers when they heard the call for the first time.

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ARIES1973

@ARIES1973 (11944)

• Legaspi, Philippines

18 May 25

Thank you for sharing this photo. The birds are so cute! I haven't seen kookaburras in our place or probably I could differentiate one bird from the other.

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@JudyEv (381242)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 May 25

I don't think kookaburras exist in any other countries. At least not in the wild.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238168)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 May 25

I remember a child song about these critters. What are they like?

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