Kookaburra

Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae

The largest of the kingfisher family the laughing kookaburra is famous for its raucous call. After hearing this for the first time today , it is an amazing noise unlike anything I have heard before. They are known as the ‘Outback alarm clock’ as they will call from first light.
A native to Australia and New Guinea. They come from a wide range of habitats not being that closely associated with water. They have adapted well to an urban scene entering gardens for scraps but are more common in scrub, forest and arid savannah.

They perch up high flying down with that magnificent bill to catch their prey. This consists of lizards, snakes, small mammals, birds and insects……not Fish.