Mina+-+Kookaburra

Mina - Kookaburra Kookaburra The Kookaburra is a magnificent long bird. It has a creamy head and neck with dark brown wings and tail and stripes around the eyes. Kookaburras have blue and green feathers. It says kook-kook-kook-ka-ka-ka Kookaburras are found through out Northern Australia. They are also found in Queensland and right down at Tasmania. They also live in Western Australia. Also some kookaburras live in trees with nests. The kookaburra lives in family groups. The Kookaburra enjoys eating most ground animals. They eat mice, lizards, and snakes. They also eat living insects. The Kookaburra will have 2 to 4 eggs and will sit on them for 25 days. Both parents set on the eggs. The young leave the nest in 30 days. The parents continued to feed them for another 40 days. The Kookaburra has a life span of about 20 years. The Australian aborigines have a legend about the kookaburra. When the sun rose for the first time, the god Bayame ordered the Kookaburra to utter its loud, almost human laughter in order to wake up mankind so that they should not miss the wonderful sunrise. References: [|http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub__http://australian-animals.net/__] [|jects/birds/printouts/Kookaburraprintout.shtml]