morning hunt

Kookaburras are very territorial and this spot on this tree is where this fella hunts from every morning, even in the rain as was falling when this was taken. Thank you for the awesome comments and questions on my photos.

[Beryl Lloyd]

He blends in so well with his surrounds - love the colours and texture of the trees with their peeling and curling barks!

[Shanne]

you can see why his colouring is like this when you see him in his own element

[FBailey]

Love the bark

[Annie D]

Love the colours - kookas are gorgeous

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful bird and tree capture.

[Sharon Lee]

Seen a lot of them about since the rain. gorgeous fellow

[Harry J Benson]

nice presentation, good texture

[wendy frost]

Lovely capture.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[gloria jones]

Neat capture :)

[Kate Klinck]

he blends well with the tree!

[Diana]

wonderful textures and tones.

[Fr1da]

Statuesque bird !

[Richard Sayer]

Perfect camouflage plumage must help his hunting.

[Issi Bannerman]

Love these birds. They just say 'Australia' to me!

[Jacqueline]

I agree with Issi, lovely birds and typical Australian!

[haskar]

Well caught. Lovely in background.

[Helge Erik Storheim]

He actually blends in very well with the background. Do kookaburras have any natural enemies around there?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@helstor great question - they are big but larger birds like wedge-tailed eagles and goshawks will predate on them. There are many introduced predators that pick them off however. Fortunately they remain in good numbers and are found around a lot of Australia.