A week ago we found a kookaburra waterlogged and exhausted in our back paddock. It had gone down for a drink of water in a large fish tank we have stored out there and clearly couldn’t get out. It was an amazing opportunity to see this bird up close as they are timid birds and you only get to see them from a distant. The children were delighted to see the bird who they only heard in the surrounding trees. I did wonder if they come from the kingfisher family as they have many similar traits although he reminds me of an owl too somewhat - very stately. Getting a close up on his “eating utensil” I understand clearly why he is a meat eater. His beak can inflict serious harm so I cautiously lifted him out and positioned him on top of a wooden post directly in the sun to dry out. I watched him and he watched me, he didn’t seem hurt anywhere else apart from being waterlogged and hopefully I was right. What a beautiful creature. His misfontune was our privilege and hence we got to see him so close. When I returned a few hours later he was gone. Sun dried and rested after his exhausting ordeal.
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