See the disrupted feathers on the kookaburra’s breast. Doesn’t it look like a face with two eyes and a ripply mouthline?
See the disrupted feathers on the kookaburra’s breast. Doesn’t it look like a face with two eyes and a ripply mouthline?
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December 10, 2025 at 12:13 am
They are such awkward-cute birds and that call! Fantastic. Great limerick, Anneli.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:45 am
Thanks, Lynette. I hadn’t really thought about the kookaburras being related to kingfishers. I’m learning more all the time.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 am
A delightful bird to see, the largest kingfisher and the call is unmistakable. Worthy of a limerick Anneli. Happy Wednesday. Allan
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December 10, 2025 at 11:44 am
Thank you, Allan. Have a great day.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:44 am
The photo and your limerick capture its comical appearance, and what a call it has!
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December 10, 2025 at 11:43 am
Thanks, Belinda.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:48 am
The kookaburra song is an earwig for me. Oh no it’s back! Darling poem.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:43 am
LOL! I know, I know … “sits in the old gumtree…”
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December 10, 2025 at 5:30 pm
All together now “Gay your life must be!”
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December 10, 2025 at 9:57 pm
Right!
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December 10, 2025 at 6:57 am
They are amazing birds and very loud too!! ❤️🇦🇺❤️
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December 10, 2025 at 7:40 am
Delightful verse and photo Anneli. 😁
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December 10, 2025 at 11:42 am
Thanks, Brad.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:17 am
Cute little bird. It looks exactly like a smilie, I think he took it somewhere and glued it on his breast. Nice poem, limerick? And a picture with a pretty bird.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:34 am
I think he was preening himself and this smiley face took shape. He is pretty though, isn’t he.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:48 am
He looks as if he’s smiling at his own joke– putting that face on his breast when preening.
I love your limerick.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:41 am
Thanks so much, Vivienne.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:05 pm
At last I have seen a kookaburra! One of my favorite childhood songs was “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.”
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December 14, 2025 at 6:24 pm
That must be a worldwide hit song – at least in English-speaking countries.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 am
Perhaps it is!
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December 15, 2025 at 5:11 pm
A fun limmerick that gave out smiles. 😁
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