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Published: 2005-08-15 01:02:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 193; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 21
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Description laughing jackass .. another word for a kookaburra apparently.

im not normally one for photographing birds.. but this one was just hanging out in my front yard. and hey, it's a good ol' aussie icon
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Comments: 26

RawBonesStudio [2005-08-18 05:59:21 +0000 UTC]

great compositional shot miss. rock!

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ozrock79 In reply to RawBonesStudio [2005-08-23 03:44:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks lady

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BurlapZack [2005-08-17 19:48:21 +0000 UTC]

Good one! YOu got a perfect profile of that fellow. Great focus too!

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ozrock79 In reply to BurlapZack [2005-08-23 03:44:15 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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lysaght [2005-08-17 07:48:43 +0000 UTC]

Kookaburras are so amazing - they never appear dirty or untidy whatsoever. The upper class of birds!

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ozrock79 In reply to lysaght [2005-08-23 03:45:18 +0000 UTC]

you're very right.. id never thought of them like that..

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forbiddensnowflake [2005-08-16 08:28:06 +0000 UTC]

I love them

and I've never been able to see one quite this clearly before.

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ozrock79 In reply to forbiddensnowflake [2005-08-23 03:48:21 +0000 UTC]

well glad u have now .. it was ever so kind to stay there as i got closer.

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Maikaduriel [2005-08-16 05:04:13 +0000 UTC]

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, kookaburra laugh, kookaburra, gay your life must be...
deep and buried relics of my childhood coming back to haunt me lol.
Gorgeous shot

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ozrock79 In reply to Maikaduriel [2005-08-16 06:05:39 +0000 UTC]

haha yeah ive had that song in my head a fair bit recently .. tho i didnt actually know all the words as you do... do now!! Ta!

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Maikaduriel In reply to ozrock79 [2005-08-16 06:54:20 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome! I have to sing it sometimes as a vocal warmup.

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PureDead [2005-08-16 00:19:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot candice!
His feathers look so cool.. i want to touch him

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ozrock79 In reply to PureDead [2005-08-16 03:05:16 +0000 UTC]

hehe ta .. u reminded me of Dory.. "i want to.. touch it!"

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PureDead In reply to ozrock79 [2005-08-17 05:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Yay!
Well I hope you meant it in a good way....

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NinjaKitteh [2005-08-15 12:18:30 +0000 UTC]

Now thats one hot bird (fetish?) this shot is awesome and the cropping makes it so much more interesting.

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ozrock79 In reply to NinjaKitteh [2005-08-16 03:03:24 +0000 UTC]

haha one hot bird indeed!! thanks

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refuse [2005-08-15 10:12:35 +0000 UTC]

i love this shot! being obsessed with harry's practise i should be able to tell you lots of silly facts about the kookaburra, but i can't remember any of the top of my head! i saw one the other day in a tree while i was driving too.

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ozrock79 In reply to refuse [2005-08-16 03:04:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks, glad you like! .. aww i love little useless facts like that... i know none about kookaburras tho.. i DO however know what else they're called since putting this up.. hehe.

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DaevaGlow [2005-08-15 05:32:48 +0000 UTC]

ah so that's what a kookaburra looks like. all i can remember about a kookaburra is some song about it being in a gum tree.

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ozrock79 In reply to DaevaGlow [2005-08-15 05:35:38 +0000 UTC]

heheh.. now i have that song in my head!! *whistles*

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DaevaGlow In reply to ozrock79 [2005-08-15 05:40:13 +0000 UTC]

ah! hehe! i can't even remember the song, just that one line

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uvadtmfub [2005-08-15 04:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Nice pic of a laughing jackass! What the heck is a kookaburra?

Good capture!

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ozrock79 In reply to uvadtmfub [2005-08-15 05:32:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks .. not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.. hehe.. you've heard of a 'laughing jackass'?


kookaburra
Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry. Also called laughing jackass - dictionary.com

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uvadtmfub In reply to ozrock79 [2005-08-15 12:25:45 +0000 UTC]

haha, no.. i've never heard of a "laughing jackass"... I have never heard of a kookaburra neither.
But now I know what it is, and what it looks like, and also the dictionary.com definition. Thanks!

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emptinesswithin [2005-08-15 03:36:44 +0000 UTC]

all hail the aussie-ness of this pic.

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ozrock79 In reply to emptinesswithin [2005-08-15 05:34:28 +0000 UTC]

aussie aussie aussie

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