G'day Dave A nice set of images, especially the Tigers (I just love big cats) and "Exhausted" (might have been slightly improved if you got all of the Exit sign in the composition).
As others have said, the bird is a kookaburra and Graydon is right about it being the 'Laughing Kookaburra' - the 'Blue winged' is more tropical/sub-tropical in distribution and would probably freeze its arse off in Canada :-) Kookaburra are basically just big kingfishers - they can become pretty tame and will often gather around outdoor barbecue areas and demand a hand-out. Here's what they sound like: http://www.fnpw.com.au/Images/Backyard_Buddies/Clips/dacelo_novaguineae.mp3 (it starts quietly and then ramps up the volume) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 19 May 2009 19:13 -0400, "David J Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote: > Liz and I had another zoo charter to day. > > This time we went and saw the Oz stuff, and the America's stuff. > > Not sure what bird this is, no sign. Dave S, Brian, any ideas. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9215021 > > Siberian tigers. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9215032 > > Wild Dogs > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9215035 > > and > > Exhausted. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9215042 > > K10D, DA F 50-200, LR2 > > Dave > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
