Had put some bread scraps out for other birds when this guy swooped in and grabbed it.
Then another did the same on another piece of bread
Enjoy
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Great shots, bungy.
You might be interested to know that feeding birds bread & other food that's not natural to them can provide lots of interesting entertainment for we humans but can do lots of harm to the birds. If you want to find out more & to read about different views on this matter type <artificial feeding> into the Search box near the top of this page.
Great action photos.
They are very smart birds and well skilled in pinching food!
Woko: Thanks both for the comment and for the info on artificial feeding. I will take it on board.
WhistlingDuck: Thanks for the comment. Yes they are very good.
The bread was for the neighbours geese that seem to think our yard is part of their territory. :)
The neighbours bought 4 originally with the plan to eat them. Must have had a change of heart as they now have 14 of them.
As for the Kookaburras, they don't normally come up to the house, they usually spend the day forraging around our wood pile down the back - plenty of insects there, as well as the odd brown snake.
Currently we have about 6 living in the area. I have located 2 nests, one in my back paddock and one in the neighbours ( I will post a pic later).
Steve
Great photos! I love the action in them
Well done
Amazing photos bungy! I am surprised that they would take bread though. I have been able to hand-feed them at a couple of places where I lived, in Lakes Entrance and near Bundaberg, and they would never take bread. The only thing they would eat was fresh meat - mince or fat trimmings from beef or chicken.
Des
*avoids the bread debate*
Love the action shots! They're really beautiful birds,
I have seen people at a picnic table in a reserve have a cheeky kookaburra swoop down and swipe a morsel from a plate held by a surprised lady. All at the table looked up and saw three more kookaburras on a branch above the table poised to swoop and swipe.
Those sorts of stories are numerous, WhistlingDuck. Ms Woko had a greasy sausage taken from her many years ago by a Kookaburra which had almost certainly been fed frequently with human rubbish at a camping ground. Ms Woko is the better for it but I doubt the Kookaburra is.
My Mum had a similar experience - a very cheeky (aggressive?) Kookaburra in Kings Park, Perth took a sausage from her lips as she was raising it to take a bite.
It gave her a serious fright and surprised all of us.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Love a Kooka shot! Amazing to see just how close to the ground that first Kooka is (appears to be mere cm's) while still in flight, great action captures Steve.
West Coast Tasmania
I forgot to include gear used, pretty basic rig.
Nikon D90, Nikon 18-105mm
Can't remember ISO, shutter & aperture (will check exif data and post later.
Steve
Nice photos Bungy. Great work to capture the action.