Currawong, Australian Raven, Kookaburra on my balcony

My balcony has a great view, so birds come and sit lookout. Here's a compilation of three of the regulars - Currawong (very pretty call), Australian Raven, and Kookaburra. Taken in Brisbane, during the summer of 2008.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Currawong
• Australian
• Raven
• Kookaburra
• bird
• wildlife
• Brisbane

[brisviewer]

Really nice video... they are a lovely bird! This is the sound my visitors make too - exactly! I'm using your video when they land on my balcony. Very interesting the call is different in Sydney! If you want to attract more, I recommend using a very good quality cat biscuit like hills science adult and soak a small cap full of biscuits in water on your balcony for them (not too many). my currawongs are thriving and they never poop ! see the babies being brought above... poor mum works hard!

[portantwas]

Thanks for cat biscuit tip. These native birds keep the pigeons away which make a lot more mess. The kookaburra have disappeared recently so they must have moved on for a while. Hope they come back, but not at 4am and waking me up!

[verticalsmurf]

Gorgeous Currawongs and I love the songs. Nice to see a Kooka so comfortable in city surroundings as well. I think there is nothing as beautiful as a Currawong or Magpie call.

[portantwas]

I'm waiting for the day I can capture a Kookaburra in full song - but they are so quiet when they sit on my balcony!

[modelcitizen72]

A flying fox bat seen up close without preparing oneself in advance, man, that would probably cause me to soil my pants.

[s0n152]

Kookaburra sits on my balcony

Very very calm and quietly

Please, kookaburra, please, kookaburra

Won't you laugh for me?

[porman75]

How much bird shit do you get on that balcony?

[SlimeTron5000]

Shit

2:42

[poorsillyboy]

northern currawongs sound differnt from highland currawongs, usually three consecutive, not just one at a time

[BellaBrown2010]

I really loved the birds I hate the Australian ravens they should be killed and be extinct because I find out they eat every bird nest lings in the nest so I hate the australian ravena

[Wizrdcat]

Ommg without image of the first bird , i should be sure that i'm at the jurassic jungle o.o the neck of the bird amaze me , lol 359 °

The last bird is pretty quiet

[steve1nova]

...The Torresian Crow has quite short throat hackles unlike the A. Raven. The Little Crow (C. bennetti) doesn't occur this far east in Australia.

[steve1nova]

tezb2, the Australian Corvus species of which there are five are not that close to the American species (all relative of course as they still belong to the Corvus genus) so the Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) is not the same species as the Northern or Palearctic Raven (Corvus corax). This one is actually a Torresian Crow (C. orru), not a Raven.

[brisviewer]

I noticed your vid was very early morning... and wow do the currawongs know how to make a noise! I love your vid though... well filmed!