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Laughing Kookaburras

To: sandra henderson <>
Subject: Laughing Kookaburras
From: Lindell Emerton via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:13:21 +0000
Interesting observations - maybe 7’s the number. But yes a riot when they all started - which is what brought my attention to them.

Lindell



On 21 Jan 2021, at 5:03 am, sandra henderson <> wrote:

A couple of years ago Lia and I were spotlighting at Uriarra East at night and came across a lineup of kookaburras on a branch in one of the casuarinas. 7 or 8 birds, huddled together like woodswallows. Very cute but also a little weird.
I also recall seeing seven in one tree on Jerrabomberra Hill on a COG outing some years ago.
A group of kookaburras is a flock or a riot - the latter seems appropriate when they all start laughing...
Sandra H

On Wednesday, 20 January 2021, Lindell Emerton via Canberrabirds <m("lists.canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");" target="_blank" class="">canberrabirds.org.au> wrote:
Do 7 Laughing Kookaburras in the one tree at the one time constitute a flock? I have never seen that many all together.
2 were below (1 obscured) but I did count 7 when they flew off…..and in my GBS area too.


Lindell

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