John’s Cellpic Sunday
This is where I do an explanation of my phone photo from my Last on the Card post.
On Thursday afternoon I heard and saw a group of Kookaburras chasing each other around the garden. I suspect the parents were trying to send an offspring out of their patch to start life somewhere else.
Suddenly there was a loud banging and crashing in my house. I went to investigate and found a Kookaburra in the loungeroom next to the back door. There was a small hole in the screen door and I slowly slid the door across and the Kookaburra flew out. Once outside there was a loud cackling of all the Kookaburras in the trees.
Here is the back screen door and the beak shaped hole

I wondered about the hole as it was small and the wire was bent outwards. After a while I went to go out of the front door and this is what I found.

The wire on the screen is not soft nylon it is metal wire, not as hard as the rear screen door but hard enough. I was amazed that the Kookaburra wasn’t badly injured.
*Kookaburra in the featured image for reference only. Not the actual Kookaburra
Oh my!
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Not the exact words I used 😂
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Lol
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Good to know, the kookaburra’s friends were there to laugh at it! 😀
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They were so loud as well 🙂
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Firstly, a Kookaburra?! As a girl, we sang songs around a campfire about a Kookaburra but I’ve never seen one. Secondly, that bird needs “L” plates!
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Or glasses 😂
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May I look at the photo and then your words above and enjoy a rather big grin and not be shown the door . . . a big ‘win’ for the kooka methinks . . . bet there is rather a lot of loud laughter amongst the lot of them . . . 😉
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A very lucky bird. Glad you enjoyed the story 🙂
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We occasionally get a thump on the kitchen window – usually it’s a Pigeon that has been frightened out of the weed-bed by something. Occasionally it’s a Sparrow or a Tit chasing a fly. Fortunately, no injuries so far👍 I bet a Kookaburra beak can do a lot of damage – perhaps it hammered its way in and out? interesting story Brian 😎👍
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I have a number of dents and marks on windows as well. I have only found a couple of dead birds – broken necks – so far, The Kookaburra barged it’s way in 🙂
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I wonder what treasure the bird wanted when we tried to get into your house. If the inside door had been open, you’d have had it flying around the house, eh?
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Oh yes I was very careful and talked softly reassuring it as I slid open the screen door. I didn’t need a largish bird flapping around the house 🙂
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Wow, amazing that any bird could make a hole like that and not be injured!
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I know. That’s why I included a photo of a Kookaburra in the header so you could see the size of their beaks. I was amazed that it just got up and flew away!!
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That is a very exotic accident that simply couldn’t happen here.
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Rather 🙂
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What an adventure. Good, you found out about the hole in the screen. Amazing what those birds can accomplice when they are frightened.
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Certainly is. I could hardly believe the Kookaburra was OK
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It could have turned out deadly. I think this one had a special angle looking over it.
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Wow, must have hit with some force 😂 I guess all the other birds found it funny 😂
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It certainly did. Their beaks are large and think but I reckon it closed its eyes just before impact 😂
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😂
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We are learning about them in our Rainforest unit- cutest little things! Amazing he was ok
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That is lovely you are learning about Kookaburras. He certainly was very lucky 🙂
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Oh, my, goodness – that’s one determined Kookaburra! In the photo, the hole looks like it is kangaroo-sized, how big is that bird? I’m glad to hear he survived and so did you!
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In your “language” Kookaburras are about 18 inches in length and weigh up to one pound. I bet it had the fright of it’s life.
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Thank you for the translation. Wow – that’s a big bird, and I agree, it had to have been frightening for it to crash into the screen!
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hahaha. What a grand kookaburra story. They all love you and want to be with you.
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I love them outside not inside 😂
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I can imagine. Makes for more housecleaning. lol
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😂😂
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