This kookaburra obligingly landed on the table (for a handout) when we were showing an English honeymoon pair (Paul and Elizabeth) the beauties of the South Coast. Recently Bruce and I returned to the same spot (Greenpatch) and a kookaburra dive-bombed Bruce and took half his lunch which he then proceeded to thrash to death on a nearby rail. It was winter and the advice DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE was reinforced. Used to easy pickings from overkind or careless humans in warm weather the birds breed successfully but then find the cold months very lean and the competition fierce.
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We used to camp there with the kids when they were quite little and though they loved the birds they got scratch marks. Also we saw a (small) shark a few metres off the beach one time and no-one believed us - they said it was a dolphin - ha ha.
oooh scary bird!
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