King of the Bush

Hunting

A Kookaburra Hunting


Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!

There is something about Kookaburras the way they sit on branches waiting patiently for some tasty morsal to present itself. Kookaburras are a Terrestrial Kingfisher, native to Australia with a diet of  lizards, snakes, insects, mice, other small birds, and raw meat. The most social birds will accept handouts from humans and will take raw or cooked meat from on or near open-air barbecues left unattended. The kookaburra was even one of the thee mascots for the Sydney Summer Olympics back in 2000.

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