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Kookaburra's use the wait and pounce method to get food. Finding a place to sit and wait with a good view like in the picture above. Swooping down, tough beak ready. Large food items like large lizards and snakes are then bashed against the trunk of a tree or bashed onto a rock to mash them a little and make the meat easier to consume.
This is what a kookaburra sounds like (MP3 - 400KB) turn it up!
A kookaburra lives in the one place for most of its life. It also mates for life. Laughing kookaburras establish a social system in which only the dominant male and female in a family group will breed, usually between spring and mid summer.Nests are made in tree hollows or termite mounds in trees or on the ground, where the female will lay up to three eggs. During this time, the rest of the family helps out with the incubation, feeding, and protection of the young.
Image by Mezza - Kookaburra on the flagstaff!
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