Friday, June 9, 2017

Kookaburra stink eye!



Hopefully you enjoy seeing the delightfully expressive tree kingfishers as much as I enjoy taking photos of them. While walking through Neil Hawkins Park yesterday I spotted the female Kookaburra here high up in a tree and surprise, surprise I actually had my long lens with me, although this tiny carnivore was not well pleased with me aiming my camera in her direction, I think she had spotted something delectable on the ground, you can see in the last shot her appetite won over her apprehension, I get that.. mine usually does also :) Happy Friday, take care and stay safe...P.s. definition stink eye!


30 comments:

  1. Love this series! That bird stare is great! Makes me smile. It looks so different from the birds here. Love it!

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  2. Fun shots! Stink eye is Hawaiian pidgin!!

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  3. What super shots. I love the name, Kookaburra! In fact, I know people whom I have called that name. Well, at least the first part, "kook."

    Dear Grace, you have to remember that much of what I do or say is "tongue-in-cheek." I'm a cynic and a a rebel and I love to tease. So, you're right, probably not a lot of fun going on at the mall with the exception of the young people; we really have no other place for them to go. Keep up the good work. ��

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  4. Photos of birds are hard to resist.

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  5. It looks like she's daring you to get closer!

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  6. Wow, nice bird shots. You're becoming a good birder, well done Grace.

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  7. Fine photos of this bird. It has real personality, and it does not appear to trust you.

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  8. That is funny! I always love to hear their laugh.

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  9. Those photos are priceless. As a fan of birds (and regret that I never got into birdwatching) I loved the expressions you caught with the first two pictures. Such a fun medley!!

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  10. What a lovely headline! Great photos of the kooka, though.

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  11. I've always want to see a Kookaburra.
    Coffee is on

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  12. Amazing shots ..a kookaburra with attitude

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  13. Beautiful series of photos well done. Have a great weekend Diane

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  14. ...so this is where 'Kookaburra in the old gum tree' comes from.

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  15. Beautiful captures! It's such a pretty bird to watch.

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  16. Oh you need to frame that first shot!

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  17. I thought the same as Janey, do it, Grace :)

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  18. Beautiful photos Grace, glad you had your long lens with you.

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  19. Awwww...this is fantastic Grace. It brought back loads of memories of my youth in girl scouts when we sat around a camp fire and sang the Kookaburra song.

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  20. That fist photo is so funny Grace, how she is looking! That name sound so funny too in my ears.great photos

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  21. Awww, I sure do love those birds´ laughing, Grace! But yips, I get a stinky eye, too, every time a cam is directed at me, I am with her ;-)

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  22. These were great pictures lass!
    Really good!

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  23. Is that kookaburra "sitting in the old gum tree"? Oh no, now I'll be humming that song all day.

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  24. What a spunky looking bird! Great shots! We have belted kingfishers here. They look somewhat similar in profile.

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