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!
What a glare!
ReplyDeleteLove this series! That bird stare is great! Makes me smile. It looks so different from the birds here. Love it!
ReplyDeleteFun shots! Stink eye is Hawaiian pidgin!!
ReplyDeleteWhat 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."
ReplyDeleteDear 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. ��
Photos of birds are hard to resist.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like she's daring you to get closer!
ReplyDeleteWow, nice bird shots. You're becoming a good birder, well done Grace.
ReplyDeleteFine photos of this bird. It has real personality, and it does not appear to trust you.
ReplyDeleteThat is funny! I always love to hear their laugh.
ReplyDeleteThose 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!!
ReplyDeletewow great clicks
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely headline! Great photos of the kooka, though.
ReplyDeleteI've always want to see a Kookaburra.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Amazing shots ..a kookaburra with attitude
ReplyDeleteBeautiful series of photos well done. Have a great weekend Diane
ReplyDeleteUma sequência fantásticas de fotos.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
...so this is where 'Kookaburra in the old gum tree' comes from.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures! It's such a pretty bird to watch.
ReplyDeleteOh you need to frame that first shot!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same as Janey, do it, Grace :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Grace, glad you had your long lens with you.
ReplyDeleteAwwww...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.
ReplyDeleteJust in focus. Great.
ReplyDeleteThat fist photo is so funny Grace, how she is looking! That name sound so funny too in my ears.great photos
ReplyDeleteCute...
ReplyDeleteAwww, 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 ;-)
ReplyDeleteThese were great pictures lass!
ReplyDeleteReally good!
Is that kookaburra "sitting in the old gum tree"? Oh no, now I'll be humming that song all day.
ReplyDeletewonderful! ew
ReplyDeleteWhat a spunky looking bird! Great shots! We have belted kingfishers here. They look somewhat similar in profile.
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