I had an interesting visitor today. He laughed a lot, although he didn’t come inside, he was quite content to sit on my decking. He was small, fat and very cute and I’m not talking about an early visit from Santa Claus.
When I snapped this first photo of the Kookaburra from inside he seemed to be inviting me out.
So out I walked, slowly, carefully, so as not to scare him. He seemed unfazed, just curious of me and he let me get within a foot of him. I could have reached out and touched him. He was craning his neck both ways, fluffing his feathers, almost showing off. I swear he was posing for me.
A family of Kookaburras have been laughing in the gum trees in our backyard for a while, marking their territory, but it’s been a long time since one actually visited. Today two came.
Perhaps they know Christmas is coming.
Regardless they were very welcome visitors that absolutely brightened my Thursday.
Out an' About 
Adorable!
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They absolutely were! And just sat there for ages with not a care in the world.
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Beautiful and fluffy visitor you’ve had 🙂
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Yes, he was just gorgeous!
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That is so neat! I love when wildlife comes to check us out like that.
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They’re so cute! Thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure
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I just love how the Australian bush is so close to us even in the suburbs. You look as though you live in a bush area. I thought you were in Melbourne but having said that, my daughter lives in Frankston South and they are on a beautiful bush block with a resident kookaburra family.
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We live right on the outskirts, probably more on the fringe of the Yarra Valley – best of both worlds!
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What a cute bird! One of the many things I love about reading blogs from other countries is the chance to see animals, birds, etc. that I haven’t seen before! Thanks for sharing.
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I agree. Glad you enjoyed.
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I love that! How awesome to have them come to sit with you for a spell! 🙂
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Such beautiful creatures they are. In Australia i went near Kangaroos and fed Parrots off my hand…I shared those pics on my FB profile 🙂
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It’s pretty special getting so close up and personal to wildlife.
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What a striking bird! Great hair…
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How grand! (claps hands) I’ve never seen a Kuckaburra…even a picture…though somewhere from my Australian corner of my geneology one of them is laughing in the old gum tree…etc (line from the song…) I am very easy to entertain. 🙂
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I’m so glad you enjoyed my post. Kookaburras are amazing birds and we often have them visiting our backyard, which always delights me. Love sharing my little corner of the world.
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I enjoyed the visit…please stop by my corner; search “opossum” if you want to see that gal. 🙂
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Thanks, I’ll have to drop by and check her out 🙂
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“they” say that wildlife critters only come with sight if the want us to see them…and I believe it, I have photos of deer, raccoons, opposums…a humming bird, butterflies… all within three feet of me. 🙂
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How absolutely wonderful.
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Reblogged this on SOMETIMES and commented:
(I fell in love with this lovely Kukaburra… a visitor on this blogger’s deck. Charming! A quarter of me (geneologically speaking) is Australian, so critters such as these warm my heart!) Thanks SO much for making that REBLOG button available!
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My pleasure. My first post reblogged so I’m absolutely chuffed.
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How cute and happy it looks 😊
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They do look happy don’t they? No wonder they’re always laughing.
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They do 🙂
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Thanks for the reblog!
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