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The Laughing Kookaburras are laughing as I work on this post, and sunset was almost an hour ago.

There are newly hatched fairywrens at my place and today I was watching the birdbaths in the hope that they’d visit, they didn’t. Some adult fairywrens turned up, along with plenty of honeyeaters, two thornbill species, finches, scrubwrens, a blackbird (a rare visitor to the birdbaths), rosellas, pardalotes, fantails and a Willy Wagail. The light was disappearing when this kooka flew to a tree at the edge of the bushland. I loved the way it perched in a little patch of light, and I especially loved the way its tummy feathers spilled over the branch.

It did a funny little wriggle that made me wonder if it was about to expel a pellet or begin to laugh.

Then it looked straight at me and yawned. I’m hoping you’ll be able to see the kooka’s tongue in the shot above. Their tongues are very short compared to other birds.

Happy birding, Kim

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