Just for laughs during lockdown....

[PopsnTuff]

An Australian man stuck at home during the lockdown took on a hobby that no one else had probably considered: He built a massive kookaburra in his front yard — complete with a laughing soundtrack — weighing around 1,600 pounds.

Dr. Farvadin Daliri, an artist from the coastal city of Townsville, Australia, started building the steel sculpture of the famous laughing bird last Christmas. With stay-at-home orders in effect, he was stuck in the city of Brisbane — about 350 miles southwest of his hometown — and used his free time to start making the giant kookaburra.

"I wanted to make something out of the ordinary to cheer us up, relieve our stress and make us optimistic," he told BuzzFeed.
At nearly 15 feet tall and nearly 28 feet wide, it's become a source of amusement for Daliri's neighbors — as well as for nearby kookaburras, who hear the familiar birdsong and flock to the giant statue.

“People just adore it," Daliri told the Guardian. "A lot of people overlooked from the roadside and saw this huge monster sitting here and wanted to know what it is.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265199564274888706

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ds-giant-kookaburra-bird-lockdown/5264852002/

Pretty cool and fun I think

 

[Gaer]

It said it could not be played. So, What is a kookaburra?

 

[PopsnTuff]

It opened for me and the other members above Gaer, sorry it didnt for you.....found this under National Geographic....



The laughing kookaburra is well known both as a symbol of Australia’s birdlife and as the inspirational “merry, merry king of the bush” from the children’s song.

Characteristics
Native to the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia, the laughing kookaburra is the largest member of the Kingfisher family, with females weighing up to one pound and growing to 18 inches in length. Its beak can reach 4 inches long and is used to snatch a variety of invertebrates and small vertebrates, including the occasional small snake. Since being introduced in western Australia and New Zealand, the kookaburra has angered farmers by preying on their fowl.

The laughing kookaburra has dark brown wing plumage and a white head and underside. Dark brown eye stripes run across its face and its upper bill is black. Its reddish-colored tail is patterned with black bars.

Laughter-Like Call
It gets its moniker from its manic laughter-like call. And its early dawn and dusk cackling chorus earned it the nickname “bushman’s clock.”

Population and Reproduction
Laughing kookaburras are monogamous, territorial birds that nest in tree holes. Females lay one to five eggs, which are tended by a collective unit composed of parents and elder siblings. Fledgling kookaburras generally remain with their parents to help care for the subsequent clutch.
Laughing kookaburras are not currently considered threatened although loss of habitat is a primary threat to the birds. They have adapted well to human development and often inhabit suburban areas, which provide both food and shelter.

 

[MickaC]

An Australian man stuck at home during the lockdown took on a hobby that no one else had probably considered: He built a massive kookaburra in his front yard — complete with a laughing soundtrack — weighing around 1,600 pounds.

Dr. Farvadin Daliri, an artist from the coastal city of Townsville, Australia, started building the steel sculpture of the famous laughing bird last Christmas. With stay-at-home orders in effect, he was stuck in the city of Brisbane — about 350 miles southwest of his hometown — and used his free time to start making the giant kookaburra.

"I wanted to make something out of the ordinary to cheer us up, relieve our stress and make us optimistic," he told BuzzFeed.
At nearly 15 feet tall and nearly 28 feet wide, it's become a source of amusement for Daliri's neighbors — as well as for nearby kookaburras, who hear the familiar birdsong and flock to the giant statue.

“People just adore it," Daliri told the Guardian. "A lot of people overlooked from the roadside and saw this huge monster sitting here and wanted to know what it is.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265199564274888706

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ds-giant-kookaburra-bird-lockdown/5264852002/

Pretty cool and fun I think

Absolutely in love with this kookaburra. Great job, probably lifted a lot of spirits.

 

[Pinky]

It said it could not be played. So, What is a kookaburra?

If you click on the usatoday.com link, it will open up to the video. Kookaburra is a bird native to Australia.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

It said it could not be played. So, What is a kookaburra?

Gaer, here's the You Tube video.