Kookaburra
13 May 2006 16:59![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denThe concussed kookaburra was bouncing off the cage walls this morning, so I locked us in my room and let him go. He took off immediately, bouncing off walls and wardrobes while I tried to catch him. 15 minutes later I shoved him in the cage, and both of us lay on the floor, panting. 30 minutes ago I took him back to the panelbeaters where he'd been found, and was surprised to see the panel beater still working. He was really happy to see the kookaburra again. When he caught the bird it was dozey and quiet. Now, it bit and snapped at fingers.
I opened my hands. The bird sat there for a moment, then flew straight up to the gumtree in the yard. He looked down at us. "That bird's got a grudge," said the panel beater.
I told him I expected that, and described what I had to go through to force-feed the bird. Kookaburras never eat from a dish.
At that moment a willie-wagtail arrived to chitter madly and expand his eyebrows at the kookaburra, which stopped him glaring at us. Kookaburras may be kingfishers, but for small birds they're as big a predator as crows and butcher birds.
So there you go. Another success, but I think I lost favour points with the Peewees.
I opened my hands. The bird sat there for a moment, then flew straight up to the gumtree in the yard. He looked down at us. "That bird's got a grudge," said the panel beater.
I told him I expected that, and described what I had to go through to force-feed the bird. Kookaburras never eat from a dish.
At that moment a willie-wagtail arrived to chitter madly and expand his eyebrows at the kookaburra, which stopped him glaring at us. Kookaburras may be kingfishers, but for small birds they're as big a predator as crows and butcher birds.
So there you go. Another success, but I think I lost favour points with the Peewees.
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Date: 13 May 2006 13:08 (UTC)Hopefully Don Kookaburra won't be wearing cement sneakers any time soon...........
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Date: 13 May 2006 17:25 (UTC)All over the world, people like you do this invaluable work for conservation and environment...and most people don't notice. I found your LJ because of "Bugs"...and now, while I still am a faithful follower of the comic, I think of you less as "one of the Webcomic artists I friended on LJ" and more as "An Animal Rescue guy Down Under--who also does a WebComic."
Thank you for sharing these stories with us. If nothing else, you have made one person think about something he normally lets pass him by.
--Talvin
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Date: 14 May 2006 00:33 (UTC)The peewee mafia owe me bigtime for what I've done, and one day I'll call on them to de me a big favour. But now that I've helped their enemy the favour will be a little less than it would have been.
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