Thread: Kookaburras first there was 1, now there's 12

love Cockatiels myself.

I knew someone who had so many birds on their property (because they fed them) that you couldn't walk down the back yard without an umbrella to keep the droppings off yourself.

I remember as a kid having family BBQ picnics down at Bobbin Head and there was a family of Kookas that would swoop down and take snags, uncooked off the plate or cooked off the BBQ as soon as you turned you back.

Funny watching them beat the snag like it was a snake. maybe just tenderizing it a bit more. The more well done they were the better they liked them.

For the last few years,Kookas have been trying to breed in an ant nest in an old iron bark in our front yard.

Seems once the eggs have been laid,a possum takes over the nest they have pecked out of the ants nest and i find the eggs on the ground

This year i hosed the possum a few times and it disappeared,only to return a week or so later

Be wary with the magpies. About 2 years ago I had a semi self inflicted plague of the bastards, http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...magpie+problem . I'm now down to about 1/2 a dozen still hanging around.