Three Kookaburras in the Old Gum Tree

Bretrick

Bretrick

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As I pulled up at Breckler Park today, Saturday 28th December 2024, I immediately heard a Kookaburra talking to another Kookaburra.
Getting out and setting up my camera, I saw one fly off.
"Damn and Blast" I thought. There they go. Missed them again.
But there in the tree above were three Kooks.
Started recording, hoping the other Kook would return with some food for the young ones.
These appear to be the family I videoed in the nest a week ago.
At least that is my story and I am sticking to it.
 

Fab footage Bretrick... and the addition of your voiceover.. i love the Australian accent...

How big are they, they move very fast like sparrows which are only small... I was thinking they were big like pigeons but they move fairly slowly ..and these are swift
 
I never was fortunate enough to see Kookaburra's while living in S.A.
Love the Aussie birds, they are so cheeky 🤗
 

hollydolly said:
Fab footage Bretrick... and the addition of your voiceover.. i love the Australian accent...

How big are they, they move very fast like sparrows which are only small... I was thinking they were big like pigeons but they move fairly slowly ..and these are swift
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Thank you, Holly.
I suppose they are comparable in size to pigeons. A little wider across the chest.
Maximum length of a Kook can be up to 18". These ones? The adult no more that 12" in length.
They are rather slow flying, up to 20mph. Where as pigeons fly from 50mph up to 90mph.
 
Bretrick said:
Thank you, Holly.
I suppose they are comparable in size to pigeons. A little wider across the chest.
Maximum length of a Kook can be up to 18". These ones? The adult no more that 12" in length.
They are rather slow flying, up to 20mph. Where as pigeons fly from 50mph up to 90mph.
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Our pigeons are huge they really fly slowly....compared to other birds, in your video the Kooks seem to be flying fast...but they seem to e as big as our Wood pigeons... and collared Doves
 
Bretrick said:
As I pulled up at Breckler Park today, Saturday 28th December 2024, I immediately heard a Kookaburra talking to another Kookaburra.
Getting out and setting up my camera, I saw one fly off.
"Damn and Blast" I thought. There they go. Missed them again.
But there in the tree above were three Kooks.
Started recording, hoping the other Kook would return with some food for the young ones.
These appear to be the family I videoed in the nest a week ago.
At least that is my story and I am sticking to it.
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It is so cool that you have this hobby. I visited your You Tube channel and subscribed. Thanks for sharing this beautiful part of our world. It is fun to view these creatures that you capture, all the way here in Missouri! :)

The steel work videos, that is where you work? My Dad was a steel worker. Do you do a lot of heavy manufacturing? What is the pile driver for? So many questions, I know...but that is some tough work you do. :)
 
My job is a CNC Plasma Cutter/Overhead Crane Operator
The heaviest plate I cut weighs 11 tons and requires two overhead cranes to load onto the machine bed.
The work is not so heavy or strenuous because I use mechanical equipment to move the heavy stuff about.
When a piece of steel is cut I use a smaller magnet, which has a 2 ton lifting capacity, to lift it off the machine. The job can be a little boring at time because when cutting the 11 ton plates, which are 5" thick, it can take upwards of 4 hours. Standing there, watching it cut, making sure nothing goes wrong.

The Pile Driver drives new bridge piles 8 metres, 25 feet, into the river bed. These support the new bridge span.
There is a duplicate bridge being built at my holiday destination, Mandurah, an hours drive south of Perth.
110 piles have been driven into the abutment and river bed.
Abutment Bridge Piles


Duplicate Bridge being built over the Mandurah Estuary.
 
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Bretrick said:
My job is a CNC Plasma Cutter/Overhead Crane Operator
The heaviest plate I cut weighs 11 tons and requires two overhead cranes to load onto the machine bed.
The work is not so heavy or strenuous because I use mechanical equipment to move the heavy stuff about.
When a piece of steel I use a smaller magnet, which has a 2 ton capacity, to lift off the machine. The job can be a little boring at time because when cutting the 11 ton plates, which are 5" thick, it can take upwards of 4 hours. Standing there, watching it cut, making sure nothing goes wrong.

The Pile Driver drives new bridge piles 8 metres, 25 feet, into the river bed. These support the new bridge span.
There is a duplicate bridge being built at my holiday destination, Mandurah, an hours drive south of Perth.
110 piles have been driven into the abutment and river bed.
Abutment Bridge Piles


Duplicate Bridge being built over the Mandurah Estuary.
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OMG... you sound like Superman!
 
If we need to stay in the city overnight we normally stay in a nice caravan park that has cabins ,which back onto the
Torrens river lined With huge gum trees…it’s the first thing we hear every-morning when we stay there Kookaburras having a morning chat / laugh .

Thanks for posting the videos of the birds @Bretrick
 

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