While I am taking photos of our regular garden birds, I have to include this chap. He is a regular visitor, and we call him Tony.
We used to have a couple of regular kookaburras called Onewing and Squawk and some of you may remember them both. They visited for years but sadly I think they went to that great aviary in the sky a couple of years or so ago.
Tony is one of their last offspring and he still calls in each day.
@robz Onewing has a longer story than that. My tag 'onewing' came about because I said I wouldn't ever get the halo or the harp when I die but I may get one wing. And when a kookaburra with a floppy wing turned up here, we called her Onewing. She was always able to fly but must have crashed at one point in her life. She visited us for about 10 years along and her partner Squawk but then a couple of years ago they stopped coming so I guess they both bit the dust. Tony was the last of her offspring and he has visited ever since
Tony and Chatterbox had a couple of babies and the last one was Stevie who I will post a photo of today.
Sadly it would appear that Chatterbox is no longer with us. Either he has got rid of her because she talked too much, ha ha or she has gone to that great aviary in the sky. Even so, Tony and Stevie still visit and maybe Tony will find himself another girlfriend soon.
@myhrhelper Thanks for the link but I don't tend to do the challenges these days. Did them in the early days of 365 but don't seem to have the time now. I do look at them but just don't take part.
I must start paying closer attention to the kookas that visit our garden - I know there are regulars but I must try and better identify them individually - there have been young ones recently.
January 16th, 2024
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Lovely story..
Fabulous photo
@louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann. He did have a girlfriend and we called her Chatterbox. Here she is
https://365project.org/onewing/2022/2023-07-02
Tony and Chatterbox had a couple of babies and the last one was Stevie who I will post a photo of today.
Sadly it would appear that Chatterbox is no longer with us. Either he has got rid of her because she talked too much, ha ha or she has gone to that great aviary in the sky. Even so, Tony and Stevie still visit and maybe Tony will find himself another girlfriend soon.