Laughing kookaburras, those kingfishers on steroids, are Australia icons. It is common to awake to their "koo-koo-ka-ka-ka," the sound effect often heard in WW II movies set in the Pacific. They eat mice and lizards and snakes. And anything else they can steal!
A pair watched as I prepared our dinner in the outdoor camp kitchen. No sooner did I turn my back than one swooped in and snatched a ham steak. I bruised a finger as I swatted it from his fierce-looking bill in mid-air. Luckily the "5-second rule" was in effect and I put the meat on the barbie.
I've got my eye on you
Three others joined him Hitchcockesquely on the table, like vultures waiting for the victim to expire. One hopped to the barbie and stared me down defiantly before attacking the steaming meat. I actually knocked him to the ground with my spatula to protect our dinner. Laugh at that, Sucker!
