Laughing Kookaburra

This bird species (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a gigantic kingfisher and very charismatic. Laughing Kookaburras hunt all sorts of prey, such as sausages and burgers freshly cooked from the barbie or a slice of ham from a sandwich on its way to a persons mouth. Jasmin and I have seen them hunting! And they make me think about my grand dad who has fed a Kookaburra here in Sydney years ago with cheese from his hand. The Kookaburra took the cheese, tasted it and then decided it wouldn't like it. He dropped the cheese. Beautiful, isn't it?