Kookaburra having a little laugh

[GottaLoveHorses54321]

when i read the description of the video, i read it in the tune of the kookaburra song xD

[Stoner0Jesse]

cool cuz as the vid finishes I hear Kookaburras laughing outside my backyard

[Manchester13United]

Today we ate wombat :D

[MadAboutHatter]

ahahahhaha oo ooo ooo oo oo oo oo o ooo bye

[s0n152]

Kookaburra sits on my balcony

Very very calm and quietly

Please, kookaburra please, kookaburra

Won't you laugh for me?

[MPSecare]

Such a funny call! How common are they down in Aust? Are they comfortable with people?

[lrsmartt]

lol it sounds like a monkey xD

[oogle78]

ooooh oooooohh ooooooh ooooooh oooooooh oooooohh!!! XD

[rankaratar]

This is my balcony. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME ON MY BALCONY!

[Peiselkopp]

Nice capture! This is high. I like Brisbane. I have been several times in Brisbane.

[EePee9]

When i lived in australia, near melbourne in a residential area we had a kookaburra that came everyday and we gave it bread :P was so cool, flew in our house one :P budgies had a right scare

[clin1392]

hahah you have to really laugh loud then they answer back

[Cerberusballs]

The world's best alarm clock.

[MrViola94]

I have this Roadrunner that hangs out on my porch at like 1:00 every day. I wish it was a Kookaburra, but New Mexico's a little too far for that.

[katerinagreece1994]

what a gorgeous bird and what a wonderful video...it is a bit strange that it is shot in the city but it is not unusual,there are so many examples of wild bird living in the city even here in Athens!

Brisbane is also a beautiful city...Generally Australian cities are very different to the other cities of the world...!

Thanks u very much for the vid!!

[sally505100]

LAUGH ATTACK!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!­!!!!!!

WHY IS A KOOKABURRA ON A BALCONY INSTEAD OF A GUM TREE?

WHY??

[Supacheaf]

0:47 (kookabura is like, am BOSS!)

[9t9t3]

beautiful bird, well caught!

[nifur1]

:-)

[Squishfie]

i have a park across the road from my house and they just love to sit in the tree across the road and giggle their arses off

[db0255]

Where in Australia is this? It looks like Melbourne, maybe?

[portantwas]

@db0255 A bit further north - quite a bit - it's in Brisbane, Queensland. ;0)

[Squishfie]

@portantwas go Brisbane!!!! ^_^

[MPSecare]

@db0255 off topic but Melbourne has an AWESOME heavy metal scene

[urso93]

i just love his "laugh"

you're so lucky to have this birds around you

[wordreet]

I love the sound! But I suppose it could get a little tiring if you're a local, and don't care about wildlife.

Need to visit OZ sometime. Deffo. :¬)

[sharkray24]

I've always wanted to go to Australia. what's it like?

[jamesarongray]

@sharkray24 Lots of Drop Bears that jump out of trees and rip ur face off. Gotta watch out for them!

[Naturepheonix]

lol I bet it was like

"Hahaha! look at that fat boy fall!"

[mobl90]

i love these. Are they quite tame? As i went to a nature reserve a few years back and just stroked them - they didn't seem to mind.

[portantwas]

@mobl90 These wild Kookaburras are quite bold - I can go out on my balcony and they won't panic and fly off as long as I don't get too close. I wouldn't try to pet them because they might decide to never come back! They also have big beaks and I wouldn't want them to try to peck me. But I believe they are easily tamed and even can be handfed by those who take the time.

[sccadu]

@portantwas I was fortunate enough to visit Port Douglas and heard one of these, That and the Cockatoos were a real treat.

[elizathornberry1991]

@mobl90 haha funny you should say this! :) when I was a little one, we went to nature reserve, and a kooka swooped and took a whole sanga from us! was sooooooooo funny! but it was also fairly aggressive about doing it!

[bluzzyco]

i once went to a place in englad called bird land and there was a Kookaburra there because i called talk/laugh like a Kookaburra i did and it aswserd back

[portantwas]

@bluzzyco I try to call out to them to make them laugh (for the camera!) but they just stare at me as if they are enjoying me making a fool of myself!

[ShiekahTribe]

Wow, that's a big bird :D Wish we had these in Germany, they are really cute :)

[with33]

were are these birds from africa or r they in the us i mean wtf!

[portantwas]

@with33 Australia. Part of the Kingfisher family. Very common where I live and very noisy!

[arrrz0rrr9]

Awww why did you shoot it?

[archhangell]

SUBHANALLAH!!!!....

[vicktrickly72]

fathead hahahahah

[4everCinemaBizarre]

that sound is soo svary xD

[ohohmrbill1]

I recorded this and set it as my ring tome LMAO...Good film.

[TheDevilbuster]

Heh, kinda reminds me of the tooki tooki bird.

"Aah aah eeh eeh tooki tooki!"

[TheCodymunk111]

he was crying then at 0:28 he was like im committing suicide then another one dose the same :o

[TheCodymunk111]

i wanna move to australia

[Honey7Buzz]

@TheCodymunk111 i know! i just wanna go to australia to get one. :P

[TheCodymunk111]

@Honey7Buzz lol

[elcros]

ROFL! it looks like the poor bird decided to suicide:P 0:28

[XantinovaX]

Oh MY God wow. I LOVE Kookaburra's!

[XantinovaX]

Oh MY God wow. I LOVE Kookaburra's! Oh I just love your video. He looks so cute and quiet sitting there contentedly!

[119rfc]

Sounds like a monkey lol.  0:27 SUICIDE!!!! LOL!!!!

[flimda]

Funny :P

[MsAppleeater]

so cute and funny bird, I love the look

[jedq]

are the kookebura possines to humens

[thatsnotmydonut]

Learn how to spell, and no.

[jedq]

yh they are i hear if they eat a some snakes

[cryosurgeon]

Hello. My children love the Kookaburra. Is this balcony near Milton?

[portantwas]

Nearly - filmed from Highgate Hill/West End, so nearly in the CBD itself. Glad you liked the video.

[wittyworldlee]

cute birds :) nice view too

[4Divine]

very pretty view. What part of Australia are you in?

[portantwas]

Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland.

[isgoodno]

those things are funny.

[bolstadbrat]

haha that's a great laugh he has

[tysonic777]

The small bird is a Australian Magpie Lark but they're usually called Peewee's due to their call

[portantwas]

Thanks for letting me know what type the smaller bird was. I think they all like the lookout of the balcony at the surrounding trees (for food) and have little fights over it.

[Llarky]

What a sturdy looking bird

[carrrrera]

wow,,, only in Austrailia does one find such a wild variey of amazing creatures

[FellowTraveller]

well it is an undeniably WONDERFUl bird. I love its call. you guys Down Under have some fabulous animals and birds it seems! Fellow Traveller

[FellowTraveller]

VERY cool video of that bird. it's from new zealand (sp?) ?? thanks for posting it. FT

[portantwas]

It is called a Laughing Kookaburra which is native to Australia, and a type of King Fisher. New Zealand probably has its own King Fisher variety but I'm not sure. I think there are other types of King Fishers in the norther hemisphere, too. Thanks for the comment.

[quiksilviana]

0:27-0:29

The way he/she jumps off is sooooo funny. xD

[FrEd258147258]

lol

[stormspinner1]

I've never seen one of those! How cool! Enjoyed this, too (and I'm grown LOL). 5/5 stars!

[dynasue77]

Noisy but cute. One of the great pleasures of living in Australia.

[chachalaka545]

0:28 lol

[ItsybitsyspiderMamma]

I loved this, lucky you to have this on your balcony. My kids enjoyed your video.

[lucyvdp]

you have a fabulous balcony with a great view. The films are awsome and we like your way to comment it. greetz from Belgium