My Burra Family: How to wash your Kookaburra

Boof (this year’s bub) is a real water baby. He just loves it.

I have a spray bottle on my veranda table that gets used equally between Devil (my kitten) & Boof.
Boof shows no fear of Devil which at times does my head in. He allows Devil to get close & some times turns his back on him. That’s when I can take no more and spray the cat. I’m sure I’d lose Devil over the side, and I’m thinking that’s what’s going thru his mind as well, as there seems to be no real intent.

My cat is sad.

Boof just doesn't understands.

All Devil wants to be is his friend.

Anyway, I was spraying Boof the other arvo and I noticed the sunlight hitting the back fence. I had about 10 minutes light left and I thought I might get some good shots of Boof sitting on the back fence getting hosed. All I needed was for him to play the game.

How wet is wet?

This is pretty bloody wet.

I grabbed Headley & some meat, and set up both on the back fence. The first piece of meat he swooped down from the veranda, grabbed the meat & flew off. That wasn’t supposed to happen.

My second attempt & Boof got the message. This time he landed on the fence and hopped over to grab his prize. Then stay. The perfect distance for Headley & he turned and looked at me as I walked over to get the hose. The plan was to narrow the spray & aim up in the air so it came down on Boof like rain. Lit up golden by the setting sun. The golden thing didn’t happen, but I was pretty pleased with the results. There is a video of this at the end of this blog.

The look of pure excitment

This brings back memories.

At the end of a hot summer day, dad would go out to hose the lawn.

Us kids on his heels.

Just shake it off Boof

My Monstera fruit are now ripening and it was only a matter of time before Brad the male Satin Bowerbird turned up. The Tapas Bar has been laid with him in mind. Including a couple of blue things for him as a treat. But he needs to earn them. I make it a little difficult for him. The tops are placed either top up, so he has to turn them upside down to grab. Not all that easy, when your beak is smaller than the top or I bury one end on a Banana. The rings (always cut) are placed around things.

I was amazed the other day when Brad decided he wanted both the top & the ring. First he played with the top until he'd turned it up side down. He then grabbed a ring. Then sized up the top to see if the ring would go around. I was gob smacked.

This a great example of problem solving.

He wants both objects, but how?

Step 1: turn over top.

Step 2: Grab ring.

Step 3" Measure ring.

Success.

This problem only had one solution.

If he picked up the top first, he wouldn't be able to grab the ring.

There have been a few accidents of late, and all in front of Headley. Normally we see birds as graceful objects that seem to miraculously mirror each other’s movements in flight. And then we have Kookaburras.

Coming in for a perfect landing, there was only one problem.

Bitey was in the way.

He wont mind.

I think he might have minded.

Pretty sure this is a sight he never wants to see again.

I would have thought this anatomically impossible.

This has got to hurt

Payback's a bitch.

Having both lost focus,

and some private parts,

could there be any other outcome?

Laying the Tapas Bar for Brad has ruffled a few feathers. Cyclone Bitey flies in. He knows he’s not going to like anything here, but buggered if he’ll let Brad get it.