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Kookaburra fishing?

To: Colin R <>
Subject: Kookaburra fishing?
From: Peter Woodall <>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:57:11 +1000
Hi Colin and others

Laughing Kooks regularly do this sort of a belly-flop in
our swimming pool - and they certainly aren't catching
fish!  They may do it 2, 3 or 4 times in a row, getting their
feathers progressively more soaked until they really
struggle to fly to the top of the pool fence, where
they shake their feathers and preen a bit.

So, unless you see some sort of prey in their bill, I would
suggest that they are bathing.

Peter

At 09:42 AM 22/03/2005 +1000, you wrote:
Hi
This is probably old hat to most, if not all, of you, but it was the
first time I've seen this so I thought I'd pass it on...
Minnippi Parklands, this morning (22.3) watched a Kookaburra fly down
from a tree branch and plunge into the lake. Didn't fully immerse
itself, rather splashed onto the surface. It didn't look like it had
made a mistake, either, simply flew back up to the branch and briefly
shook itself. Not sure if it was fishing or bathing or simply going for
a flying insect of some sort and interacting with the lake
as a result of it's attempts? It didn't look like it was bathing - it
did look like it was fishing.
Strange or normal?
--
  Colin Reid
  
So many birds, so little time......


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