Laughing gull.

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Houlover park

Sun its in low position to make sky blue

Australian Laughing Kookaburra like to pop in for a visit especially when there is food around.

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 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.

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This fish was no laughing matter. He was never able to successfully put it away...

Australian Laughing Kookaburra like to pop in for a visit especially when there is food around.

Kookaburra on Dirt Bush Road at Patonga on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia

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Someone tell me why they are called Laughing Gulls when they don't laugh.

Not sure if they were kissing or the one on the left was 'laughing' too much 😃

i had to post it. i look like an idiot.

but i was laughing and laughing is good, right?

He always laughs

A Laughing Gull eyes us suspiciously from across the pier.

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Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson SP

Australian Laughing Kookaburra like to pop in for a visit especially when there is food around.

Port Aransas Jetty, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas

…. Nonbreeding adults have a bit of black smudging behind the eye….😎😎

A juvenile Laughing Gull in immature plumage.

Juvenile Seagulls are very challenging to identify. They go through several plumage transitions during the first couple of years until they finally reach their dramatically different adult plumage.

Fish Haul Beach, Atlantic Ocean, Port Royal Sound

Hilton Head Island, SC, USA

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Laughing kookaburra on power line, Jerrabomberra wetlands, ACT, September, 2011.

Port Aransas Jetty, Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas

Laughing Gulls are not always the most joyous individuals.

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This Laughing Gull that was one of many eyeing our french fries in the Florida Keys.

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Houlover park

Sauth Carolina, Atlantic beach.

(Athens, Greece, 2021)

Went back to Slapton Sands, Devon for another go at this rarity, closer views, but light still not great.

Australian Laughing Kookaburra like to pop in for a visit especially when there is food around.

The Gambia, January 2020

Alger County, Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Australia's largest Kingfisher, a Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), near Castlemaine, Central Victoria, Australia. These birds are named after their laughing call, which is an iconic sound of the Australian bush.