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My first photo for 2016, taken this morning 1/1/16 at Beerwah, Glass-hose Mountains. Queensland, Australia. Happy New Year to all my FLICKR friends.
Laughing Gull at Honeymoon Island, Dunedin, FL.
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Laughing Kookaburra
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Another of its family was high up on a tree opposite.
Raising and lowering of tails is part of their visual communication
…. take three years to reach adult plumage. Immature birds are always darker than most similar-sized gulls….😎😎
Belvide Reservoir, Staffordshire. North American species of gull, a few make it to Europe each year. Bird was mobile around the reservoir, and usually quite distant but eventually made it to the SE corner where it was quite close in. Lifer for me.
…the laughing gull is the most dependable ally of the inshore fisher due to the fact that it prefers to steal rather than work…😎😎
I learnt a new thing about Black-Headed Gulls today! The species-specific part of their scientific name (Chroicocephalus ‘ridibundus’) means ‘laughing ‘ and comes from their ‘ke-ke-ke’ and ‘kverarrr’ calls. In view of this, the Black-Headed Gull is referred to as the ‘laughing’ gull in other languages, such as German.
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Houlover park
Sun its in low position to make sky blue
I don't believe I have ever photographed one of these before. I got a number of images of laughing gulls at Anna Maria Island on our visit there, but this one was the most interesting.
The most iconic bird of Australia, the Laughing Kooaburra, is basically a large robust kingfisher. Its loud cackling laughter is an indispensible part of the dawn orchestra in the Australian bush.
Laughing Gull Ft. Myres Beach Florida, USA.
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Laughing Kookaburra
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The great 'grab' shot. I saw the bird coming through the trees and bushes, and thought, Why Not?
++ The amazing, undocumented D500 "Eye Focus" technology did the rest.