Kookaburra fishing?

["Danny Rogers" <>]

Hi,

I've seen this too - in a dam in the backyard at a time when it was infested
with goldfish. There were a couple of Kookaburra that loved them and spent
several weeks hunting there. They were pretty good at catching them, but
always did it with a belly-first splash, and I never saw them use the
spectacular plunge of a river-dwelling kingfisher. They were fun to watch
though, especially when they tried to swallow the Godfish. They would insist
on bashing them against a branch, but had a lot of trouble hanging onto
them. So they managed to hurl a few goldfish a surprising distance and then
see them get stolen by magpies.

Cheers, Danny