Monday, September 01, 2014
I witnessed a scene today that I will never forget...
I didn't have my camera so there are no photos of this scene but there are times in ones life when one doesn't need a camera to take a photo to be able to remember a scene... a long ago picture of Nerys aged about 18 months standing face to face with a great big cow on a friends farm with no fence between them is one such picture. I don't have this scene on paper but is in my head... it was a beautiful picture and they both stared at each other totally unafraid of the other one.
But today's scene was one very loud one and involved Kookaburras.
I was about to hang out another load of washing when among other things I could hear the loud... what we call laughter... from Kookaburras. This so called laughter went on and on, then when I glanced up I could see two birds high in one of our lemon scented gums. The noise was quite deafening and went longer than I remember ever hearing a Kooka before. I stood still and watched.
There were two birds sitting close together on one branch... one may have been younger than the other as the colouring on it's chest was clean white not a mottled white and the two of them were looking at each other while they made this deafening noise. Another Kooka joined them on a branch nearby so the first two Kooka's looked at it while they laughed, then the older Kooka attacked the third Kooka which ended upside down on it's branch before flying away.
If I thought the noise was deafening before this incident... it was worse now as both Kooka's turned around to see where that third one had gone and they laughed on and on occasionally glancing at each other during the racket.
Then the Third Kooka flew right at these two on the branch and all three flew off together to absolute silence... and I haven't heard a laugh since.
I have just remembered another 'picture' that I don't have on paper but is in my head. It's of Gwilym a few years ago, just sitting on the veranda reading the paper while he ate his sandwich when a Kookaburra came from nowhere and took the sandwich right out of his hand!
Ain't wildlife beautiful.
But today's scene was one very loud one and involved Kookaburras.
I was about to hang out another load of washing when among other things I could hear the loud... what we call laughter... from Kookaburras. This so called laughter went on and on, then when I glanced up I could see two birds high in one of our lemon scented gums. The noise was quite deafening and went longer than I remember ever hearing a Kooka before. I stood still and watched.
There were two birds sitting close together on one branch... one may have been younger than the other as the colouring on it's chest was clean white not a mottled white and the two of them were looking at each other while they made this deafening noise. Another Kooka joined them on a branch nearby so the first two Kooka's looked at it while they laughed, then the older Kooka attacked the third Kooka which ended upside down on it's branch before flying away.
If I thought the noise was deafening before this incident... it was worse now as both Kooka's turned around to see where that third one had gone and they laughed on and on occasionally glancing at each other during the racket.
Then the Third Kooka flew right at these two on the branch and all three flew off together to absolute silence... and I haven't heard a laugh since.
I have just remembered another 'picture' that I don't have on paper but is in my head. It's of Gwilym a few years ago, just sitting on the veranda reading the paper while he ate his sandwich when a Kookaburra came from nowhere and took the sandwich right out of his hand!
Ain't wildlife beautiful.
# posted by Pennie @ September 01, 2014 
