I really know I am back in Australia when I hear the sound of Kookaburras. I was walking home from the city yesterday through a little park near our house when I heard the familiar sound…it is good to be home.
I don’t have photos of the kookaburras, but they were in one of these trees.
I think it is wonderful that the birds seem to live happily so close to the city.
PS
I have recently been to Lone Pine where I found a kookaburra willing to pose.
Agree, it is wonderful that some species can adapt to live near us…
By: maru on July 3, 2013
at 11:17 pm
Kookaburras can become quite tame and allow themselves to be fed.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:45 am
Great photos Debra. Were they taken at Highgate Hill not far from Torbreck? Love the middle photo where city skyscrapers are framed by silhouettes of the trees.
And welcome home,
Cheers
Robyn in Brisbane
By: italia4ever on July 3, 2013
at 11:22 pm
That is exactly where the photos were taken, beside the little wooden pavilion on the top of the hill. It is nice to be home for a while.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:46 am
Welcome home. Hearing that reminds me of the little rhyme/song we used to sing as kids–I suppose in Kindergarten. I forget exactly how it goes–Kookaburras sits in the old gum tree. Merry, merry king of the bush is he. Laugh Kookaburras. Laugh Kookaburras. Gay your life must be. Something like that.
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
By: Kathryn McCullough on July 3, 2013
at 11:23 pm
You have the words correct. We learned this at school too. They are wonderful birds.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:47 am
It’s such an astonishing call isn’t it, it always makes me smile – even when we get an absolute choir of them at dawn!
By: Jan on July 3, 2013
at 11:26 pm
I usually hear them around sunset. They do sound comic
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By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
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Living vicariously through you, Debra! Beautiful photos, as always and welcome home. Although perhaps you are truly the nomad and home is wherever you are, I think.
By: Karen Overton on July 4, 2013
at 12:55 am
I do feel pretty much at home wherever I am, but I do like my time in Brisbane.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
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Yes you’re right, the kookaburras are a sure sign you’ve arrived downunder! Another thing to add to my ‘looking forward to’ list. Enjoly the Sunshine State winter! 🙂
By: The Wanderlust Gene on July 4, 2013
at 1:36 am
It was 24degrees and sunny today…perfect.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
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Lovely evening photos Debra. I can imagine the sound of the Kookaburas in the trees.
By: Jim & Kerry on July 4, 2013
at 6:17 am
Aren’t they wonderful birds?? They help to make up for the lack of fireflies.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:50 am
Every time I stay at my Mum’s in Sydney I am amazed by the bird calls in the mornings and my kids feel it is some type of wildlife film. She also lives in the middle of the city. Glad you are home safely! Xcat
By: Catherine on July 4, 2013
at 6:27 am
It is good to be home for the winter.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:51 am
What colours do these birds have?
By: Francis on July 4, 2013
at 6:32 am
They are related to kingfishes and are white and brown. If you look on You Tube you can see them and hear their call.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:53 am
Yes, Debra. it is the sound of Australia and something we do miss. Glad to hear that you are safely back home. See you later in the year in Italy.
By: mulino dominillo on July 4, 2013
at 6:56 am
We have quite a lot of birdlife around us, including bush turkeys nesting in the garden sometimes.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:54 am
You’re missing all the rainy and cold summer in Europe. We’ve had two sunny, slightly warm days the last two weeks, getting a bit dreary.
We loved the kookaburras when we visited the Atherton highlands in the mountains above Cairns back in Feb ’12. Loved the little fellows, darting among the trees, their laughing startling us, showing where they were hiding. Got a few good pictures with a telephoto lens that I posted. I wish I had video and sound.
By: Jack Erickson on July 4, 2013
at 8:01 am
I was in Italy for months of rain…quite enough to last me for a while.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
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Don’t know what a Kookaburra sounds like….one more for the bucket list! Welcome home Debra 🙂
By: Madhu on July 4, 2013
at 8:06 am
Look on You Tube for some kookaburra calls. You will be amazed.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:56 am
Welcome home, Debra! Love your pictures of Brisbane in the dusk. I adore kookaburras also. They look like they have perpetual grins and I smile with them when they open their beaks to ‘laugh’.
By: Sandra Hoopmann on July 4, 2013
at 8:30 am
They are wonderful looking birds…and Brisbane is looking very good right now.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:57 am
Welcome home! We don’t hear many kookaburras here but the magpies had the same effect for me….
By: janinevasta on July 4, 2013
at 8:57 am
We get magpies too, but the kookaburras have such a great call.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 4, 2013
at 9:57 am
I don’t think I’ve heard a kookaburra call before. How would you describe it? Like a human laugh?
Glad you made it safely back to Brisbane.
By: Jackie Cangro on July 4, 2013
at 2:51 pm
Certain sounds linked to certain places is always a lasting memory.
By: Frank on July 4, 2013
at 3:16 pm
WOW! So beautiful. Thanks and Love, nia
By: niasunset on July 4, 2013
at 3:47 pm
It would have been better with a photo of the kookaburras.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 6, 2013
at 12:51 am
What a magnificent city. I have fantasies of one day seeing it…
By: The Daily Cure on July 5, 2013
at 1:43 pm
Australia is a beautiful and interesting place to visit…you must come one day.
By: Debra Kolkka on July 6, 2013
at 12:57 am
Welcome home Deb. The Adelaide Central Market is what says ‘home’ to me. Been there 6 of 9 days since I got home! MLT
By: mltucker on July 6, 2013
at 1:21 pm
I remember when we used to get huge groups of them on our balcony! I loved their visits! 😀
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on July 7, 2013
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Reblogged this on Sherry's Space.
By: shras789 on August 1, 2013
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