Wot? More Birds??

We don't get Kookaburras very often for some reason or other but late this afternoon, one suddenly appeared. Did the normal thing of grabbing a few quick pics from a distance and then got some food for him. Got closer - a few more pics, even closer, better pics and next thing he was taking food out of my hand. I have no idea of what is going on but obviously he is very familiar with other humans as he showed no concern at all - even when the flash was going off. SOOC - no crop.

[Sam]

WOW hand feeding!! Now that is cool :)

[Emilie Cartoun]

What a fantastic experience! I just love this portrait, Terry. He is like "This is my best side". Such intelligence in his eyes. Fav!

[Babs]

Nice shot. We get two kookaburra's who are regular visitors to our garden. They are very tame too and feed out of your hand. If you think about it, with a beak that size they aren't going to be scared of you.
When our two are naughty and chase the lorikeets I spray them with the hose pipe but they still don't move. ha ha.

[Kane Arlow]

They certainly aren't shy birds. We get them regularly at the house in Mt Beauty. Even though they are very noisy it's great to have them around.

[Shirley Banford]

Do they sit in gum trees like in the song? Great close-up shot.

[Terrie]

He's got his eye on you Terry! Great close up.

[Natalie]

Hey Poppo. Def not the same Kookaburra, mine was flighty and would fly off when I took a step closer. Great pic by the way :-)

[sally agnew]

Great close up Poppo, he looks a fine chap :-)

[Jan]

His eye is watching you carefully! Great close up.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely close up and detail!

[Susan C Clow]

What a clear and beautiful close up.

[Rick Schies]

Great close-up shot

[Denis]

Thats a classic Poppo...you lucky fella to have him eat out of your hand. A beautiful close up and a fav.

[Lee-Ann]

Awesome close up...lovely capture

[Denise (lyndemc)]

You are the Bird Whisper of Brisbane! This is an incredible close up of a 'wild' animal. If I might ask, what did you feed the Kookaburra?

[Poppo Livy]

@lyndemc They are meat eaters Denise so the same food as the magpies and butcher birds ie pet (cat/dog) mince. Actually they are very funny. They still have the natural instinct to kill their prey so when you give them a bit of meat, they bash it on the ground before they eat it.

[Steve]

Wow, no crop, what a great capture! fav
thanks for the follow.