What's better than ONE pet Laughing Kookaburra? (DU NO NO)

[Kara]

Why, TWO pet Laughing Kookaburras, of course!!!! (If you're unfamiliar with the famous "kookaburra laugh" click here)

We've had our male - "Sydney" - since October 05, and he's just the coolest non-psitaccine bird one could hope for. He's a hand raised yearling who thinks I'm his mum, and most days he'll call to me when I koo-aaah at him.




Today we got "Bindi" a 10-week-old female...she's sitting next to me as I type, and just did her laughing call when I played the sound file that's linked above...pretty cute for a little gal, and very fiesty at this point (in other words, anything that fits in her mouth is fair game, fingers included)!




Hopefully this time next year Syd will be madly in love with Bindi...in the mean time we sort of get the feeling she's the "little sister's best friend who's a pest for now, but may be cool someday..."

"WTF is that little fluffy thing?!?!?"


"Are you my mommy?"


"Come one step closer kid & I'll eat your head!"


"Told you so!!!!!" (Kooks beak-wrestle for dominance...this was just prior to them trying to chomp each other).


Anyway...the future goal is to have a family group of 5-6 of these birds, since they're extremely social animals, and a ton of fun to interact with.

Enjoy!

K~

[mr~python]

very cool K! what happend to Syd's beak?

[Kara]

LOL...he beat himself up playing with some of his toys...it's growing back.

[mr~python]

haha, silly bird.

[Wild Bill]

Boy I hope they don't call like that when you're sleeping.


LOL!! Very Cool!!!!

[Adam_Wysocki]

Awesome K! ... I like it!

I was thinking about you the other day ... I was at the Baltimore Aquarium the other day with my son and we were walking through their new Australia exhibit (we actually went to see sharks, but he was humoring me) when one of the guides pointed out a kookaburra ... we looked for a little bit and then I told Jason that my friend Kara has one of those .... The guide then interrupted and said ... "I'm sure you're mistaken, they’re not the same as the birds you can buy in pet stores" ... LOL ... I just smiled.

-adam

[Wild Bill]

HAHAHA!!!

Hey Adam, you know when he went to break he was telling everyone about the dork that thought his friend has a Kookaburra. LOL!!!!

[Adam_Wysocki]

HAHAHA!!!

Hey Adam, you know when he went to break he was telling everyone about the dork that thought his friend has a Kookaburra. LOL!!!!

It's totally ok ... she was a cutie.

-adam

[Kara]

The guide then interrupted and said ... "I'm sure you're mistaken, they’re not the same as the birds you can buy in pet stores" ... LOL ... I just smiled.

Well, DUH!!! Or in the words of Carlos Mencia, "Dee dee dee!" Of course we didn't get them from a pet store...they came from a breeder.




You're such a doll, A...now you gotta come up here & bring your darling boy to wrassle some gators!

xoxoxo

K~

[Wild Bill]

in the words of Carlos Mencia, "Dee dee dee!"