Kookaburra

Kristina K

Kookaburra

This was taken out my kitchen window, this young kooka lives in the gum trees around our property.
Kookaburra are a common bird in the Australian bush.

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
Save some there for me!
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Counting all the monkeys he can see.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
That’s not a monkey, that’s me!

Alternative verses
Kookaburra sits on the electric wire,
Jumping up and down, with his pants on fire.
Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch! Kookaburra,
Hot your tail must be!
Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail,
Gets a boo-boo in his tail.
Cry, Kookaburra, cry, Kookaburra,
Oh how life can be!
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be!
Enjoy.





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Kookaburra by Kristina K
Kookaburra by Kristina K
  • Teresa Schultz

    Teresa Schultz

    You lucky to have wild life right outside your kitchen window! and what a great capture! well done.

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks so much teresa, yes we are very lucky. :) k

  • kathy s gillentine

    kathy s gillen...

    excellent capture

  • Kristina K replied

    Thank you kathy, :))) k

  • Angel Gold

    Angel Gold

    Well captured Kristina…Great attention to detail

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks so much selina, i appreciate your comments hugs :) k

  • roybob

    roybob

    Beautiful Kristina. He looks like he’s pozing for ya. Very regal.

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks rob, i do think they are a regal bird, and i think he is getting used to me taking his pic..:) k

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks rob, i do think they are a regal bird, and i think he is getting used to me taking his pic..:) k

  • Yool

    Yool

    Kristina you are such a lucky girl to see this from your kitchen window….they are so special!!

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks yool yes i am lucky, they are always in the trees around the house as well as on my bird feeder shown in the pic opposite. :) k

  • Jane Keats

    Jane Keats

    Oh, this is the best shot yet Kristina! Perfectly posed!

  • Kristina K replied

    OH your so sweet i am glad you like it most, thanks jane :) k

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    You are so lucky. Amazing to think they visit so close to you. Another detailed image!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi stephen, it amazes me that alot of people dont get to see birds this close,
    we are so lucky and i will never take it for granted either.
    glad i can share them with everyone. :) k

  • handprintz

    handprintz

    Another lovely Kooka Kristina

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks trudi, think i can see a calendar happening here, hehe, :) k

  • Kimberley Davitt

    Kimberley Davitt

    wow how lucky are you

    I remember there was a song about the kookaborough in brownies

  • Kristina K replied

    hi kim, i have the song on one of the other kookas, and its alternative words as well, i will have to recheck which one, hehe..thanks so much :) k

  • Noelene Davies

    Noelene Davies

    Fantastic capture Kristina.

  • Kristina K replied

    i appreciate your comments so much noelene thank you, :) k

  • karen Bradshaw

    karen Bradshaw

    Beautiful capture kristina they seem to pose for you well done x

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks karen, there are so many poses i would love to catch them in, :) k

  • Alison Cornford-Matheson

    Alison Cornfor...

    This is amazing Kristina! The song popped into my head too :)

  • Kristina K replied

    Hi alison, i have just added it on for you :) k

  • Bev Woodman

    Bev Woodman

    Beautiful work Kristina – the Kookas are a wonderful bird and I love to be woken up in the morning with their laughter – we are so lucky. I love the verse and the alternate – very cheeky!

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks bev, yes the song sits in your head, i hear them nearly all day on and off, but every day. :) k

  • Alison Cornford-Matheson

    Alison Cornfor...

    Hehe, thanks for the song… I think I only ever knew the first verse… now it’s going to be stuck in my head all day :)

  • jadeast

    jadeast

    Amazing shots Kristina, judging from some of your angles you must be getting VERY close.

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks jadeast, yes some of them i was close. :) k

  • Aurora Pintore

    Aurora Pintore

    Excellent pictures Kristina, love them

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks aurora :)) k

  • Floralynne

    Floralynne

    You have caught ‘the look’ perfectly Kristina. I love the way Kookas see something and concentrate on it….then leap off the branch to pounce. This fellow looks like he is just about ready to pounce on his prey.

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks lynne they do look like they are looking at there food, they are litening apparently and the looking is them looking at the area to pounce on, heheh.
    :) k

  • Carol Lirette

    Carol Lirette

    fantasti shot! I have never seen one before…. however in England we used to sing that song
    “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” when we were kids in school. I havent heard it since..
    Thanks for sharing!!!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi carol, i am glad i could show one to you and to bring back memories of the song, thanks for the comment :) k

  • Michele Duncan IPA

    Michele Duncan...

    Excellent capture through glass. WOW Great detail and sharp!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi michele, yes i was surprised as well because alot of my shot only picked up the dirt on the window, hehe they need cleaning, i must of been on the right angle. thanks so much for your wonderful support. :) k

  • Lesley  Hill

    Lesley Hill

    Nice one Kristina! You are lucky to have such beauty at your door step!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi leslie, yes we are, i used to here the odd ones when we lived in mornington but here they are every where and i am in kooka heaven :))))) k

  • HELUA

    HELUA

    He looks like such a nice little `man´! Good capture! How nice to be able to shoot him from your house!!!

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks helua, yes i think having so many trees around helps too..:) k

  • dougie1

    dougie1

    nice kk!

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks dougie :)))) kkk

  • Lori Peters

    Lori Peters

    Perfection, again. So cute, Kristina.

  • Kristina K replied

    just like your comments thanks lori, ;)))))) k

  • Carla Jandelle Petters

    Carla Jandelle...

    i am so jealous…....i get blue jays and starlings. blah

  • Kristina K replied

    ok i will let you be jealous of the kookas as long as i can be jealous of your butterflies, hehehe thanks so much for yu kind words and support carla :) k

  • elisab

    elisab

    One of my favorite songs, and now I see the bird who caused it!! Nice photo.

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks elisa, glad to of helped, hehe .. :) k

  • Andrew Cumberland

    Andrew Cumberland

    You do some really terrific stuff with the ol’ ‘burras my friend.

  • Kristina K replied

    Thanks so much andrew (andy), i appreciate your comment and your visit,
    :)))k

  • Tony Waite-Pullan

    Tony Waite-Pullan

    if they could only get more into suburbia great shot. your so lucky

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks ramace, yep more trees hehe, :) k yep lucky me..

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    Stunning shot. Wow, I would love to have this living in my garden. Im afraid the most I see in my garden is a few spiders and lots of ants and slugs :(

  • Kristina K replied

    Hi julie, i think i will let you keep your critters in your garden, i still have them but they are insignificant to the kookas and kangas that visit, thanks so much for your wonderful commnets and support, hugs me :) k

  • pmarella

    pmarella

    Excellent shot -

  • wildrider58

    wildrider58

    excellent capture

  • Angel Perry

    Angel Perry

    Awww…Lovely!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi angel, thanks heaps :) k

  • Stephen Thomas

    Stephen Thomas

    great shot of this cute looking bird!

  • Kristina K replied

    Hi stephen, thanks so much for your comment :) k

  • AuntieJ

    AuntieJ

    Just to let you know… I did sing it as I was looking!

  • Kristina K replied

    i am glad, well done, thanks julie, i appreciate your comments :) k

  • PennyEdwardes

    PennyEdwardes

    This little guy is gorgeous Kristina!! Your bird shots are amazing!! Love your work!

  • Kristina K replied

    Hi penny, thanks so much for your compliment. :) k

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    lovely shot

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks so much sean :) k

  • josiem

    josiem

    great capture!

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks so much josiem, and welcome. :) k

  • Elaine Harriott

    Elaine Harriott

    Excellent capture – wow your Kookaburra shots are amazing!

  • Kristina K

    Kristina K

    Thanks so much Elaine, i appreciate your comments :) k

  • Dana Yoachum

    Dana Yoachum

    oh wow—this is what a kookaburra looks like.. I call my pomeranian pup kookaburra all the time and I’m always singing that song. This is a wonderful photo..

  • Kristina K replied

    Hi Dana, such a great name for your pup, glad you like it :))) k

  • chasingsooz

    chasingsooz

    Wonderful work Kristina. Such a beautiful shot. I am sure you could win awards with this one.

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks for saying i would win awards sooz, i am glad you like it :) k

  • Maggieposh

    Maggieposh

    Huge WOW from me on this super shot…...Miss P

  • Kristina K replied

    Huge thanks for the huge wow, miss P;::))) k

  • Robyn Lakeman

    Robyn Lakeman

    Some beautiful kooka images Kristina and also your landscapes

  • Kristina K replied

    thanks heaps rivergirl, i appreciate your visit and comments :) k

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great shot!

  • Kristina K replied

    hi ricky, thanks very much.
    i have a fair few kookas on my site as i made a calendar of them. :) k

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Perfect shot.

  • Kristina K replied

    your so sweet thank you so much :) k

  • flyfish70

    flyfish70

    Very nice picture. These birds are the birds they used for the movie Jurassic Park. They used their voices in that movie for the voice of the raptors. These little birds are quite the vocal talkers. Very beautiful!

  • Kristina K replied

    they certainly are very voiceful but lovely at the same time, sometimes i think they are just laughing at me, hehe thanks flyfish :) k

  • Hawker

    Hawker

    The whole series is just wonderful; just love your captures en composition, whish I’d been there at the time

  • Kristina K replied

    I am so lucky with these guys, as our property has loads of trees and alot near the house, so it makes it easy to stand on the verandah and take photos, they are so used to me now they even pose, i’m sure..lol..i am sure one day you will get to have the wonderful experience of being in the right place at the right time and be in awe..thanks so much robert :) k

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