Kookaburras

Format: Glass plate negative.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=The_Tyrrell_Ph otographic

Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection

General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database

Persistent URL: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=28382

Acquisition credit line: Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985

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  1. ★

    Neil Saunders, coolground, Admiral T, KKerfluffle, and 3098 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. TRIUMPHGUY! [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)

    This is a geat old picture!!

  3. DominusVobiscum (60 months ago | reply)

    MIght have been taken of someone's aviary birds, used to their owner's presence - they look rather calm to have a camera staring at them. Aviaries being very popular in the Victorian era.

  4. spatialgoat (60 months ago | reply)

    awww!

  5. Meskarune (60 months ago | reply)

    Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
    Eating all the gumdrops that he can see
    Stop, kookaburra, stop
    Kookaburra, leave some there for me

    beautiful photo btw

  6. Integral Apparel (60 months ago | reply)

    4 LITTLE BIRDS UPON MY DOORSTEP...
    Wonderful photo!

  7. BobMeade (60 months ago | reply)

    These are an interesting type of Kookaburra. Either they are not the same as the usual ones I see flying around, or they are immature.

    They're small.

  8. kosekolor photography (60 months ago | reply)

    Outstanding

  9. Gustavo Aguirre (60 months ago | reply)

    hermosa foto ...

  10. I likE plants! (59 months ago | reply)

    awesome!

  11. malDita memÖria* (58 months ago | reply)

    O: q hermosa, hermosos pajaritos

  12. K A T A I (57 months ago | reply)

    sweet!

  13. Black Rabbit Images (56 months ago | reply)

    I have never seen that many sitting in a row like that in the wild - so maybe it is an aviary.

    I am not sure if they are kookaburras or kingfishers - siimilar but different

  14. kain19830712 (56 months ago | reply)

    i like this one!

  15. Munkeat Photography (56 months ago | reply)

    Nice !

  16. Ross Wildish (56 months ago | reply)

    Thats cute :)

  17. Claudia Villaseca Flores (56 months ago | reply)

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  18. Claudia Villaseca Flores (56 months ago | reply)

    i love it :)

  19. Behnam Zarassi (56 months ago | reply)

    amazing shot

  20. Moonbird Hill Arts (56 months ago | reply)

    adorable little creatures. They look like they are about to topple off of that wire. Love the tension of how cute they are vs. how awkward and unstable their balance looks.

  21. antirka (away) (56 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Waking Into the Dream, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  22. lemosp (56 months ago | reply)

    Linda Foto
    Gostaria muito que você se juntasse a nós do grupo

    APRENDIZ BRASIL e fizesse parte dessa grande escola! Como MESTRE ou APRENDIZ!
    Um grande abraço!

  23. alison lyons photography (56 months ago | reply)

    Hahaha, even the Kookaburra's looked different in the "olden days", their hairstyles were different. LOL.

  24. ¨¨C¨¨ (56 months ago | reply)

    A family picture... ^^

  25. tarilonte (56 months ago | reply)

    I like "kookaburras" very much, with integral rice, mashed potatoes and garlic... and some wine, for shure.

  26. cooniekids (56 months ago | reply)

    This is the first time I have found out what a "kookaburra" was...we used to sing the song about them in "Girlscouts" yrs ago (45) when I was young (haha) and this is so neat to see what I was actually singing about then.....just goes to show how much kids ask questions sometimes ..just go with the flow! :)

  27. famkefonz (56 months ago | reply)

    That is just gorgeous - and great so see such a lovely old photo........Also I have a soft spot for kookaburras having recently been able to hand feed and touch a wild one in Australia.
    Also here in NZ where I live we have a flock of 5 wild ones (from wind blown arrivals - there were 2 to start with) but can't get close to them unfortunately........
    I'd say young kookaburras and definately not kingfishers which are a bird I'm very familiar with having hand reared dozens of them!

  28. supershiva (56 months ago | reply)

    * beauty *

  29. mion.nl (56 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ONE PHOTO, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  30. Francis Gagnon (56 months ago | reply)

    Incredible capture. I love it!

    FG

  31. Kiriel (56 months ago | reply)

    Kookaburras are by nature not particularly shy, and are generally pretty relaxed and happy to sit still and show off for the camera, even wild ones.

  32. jasmine.nguyen (56 months ago | reply)

    such an awesome photo! great tonal range and love the sharpness of the kookaburras.

  33. ryansen (56 months ago | reply)

    great picture... they're seems very happy,, lol

  34. CAUT (56 months ago | reply)

    Nice shot

  35. Tim Noonan (56 months ago | reply)

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  36. Sylole (56 months ago | reply)

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  37. snotra. [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)

    oh this is so cute :)

  38. 蔡世豪 (55 months ago | reply)

    The pictures are really great

  39. william... (55 months ago | reply)

    yeah it's true.. they do look different! but as usual.. very happy to sit in one line on a branch laughing at anyone who comes by...

  40. Pez Brige (55 months ago | reply)

    it cant be more funny...hehe

  41. -T.I- (55 months ago | reply)

    that real photo...nice...

  42. Kallyanpur (55 months ago | reply)

    Nice Blacknwhite

  43. Carine Marques (55 months ago | reply)

    lindos!!

  44. Hiria (55 months ago | reply)

    preciosa, tierna y divertida....

  45. HopeInMorningDew (55 months ago | reply)

    This is waaaaaayyyyyyyyyy toooooo cute... I love the textures and tones...

  46. artland (55 months ago | reply)

    wonderfulllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  47. lauypollo (55 months ago | reply)

    Looooooooooovely !!!!!!!!!

  48. phyrrula (55 months ago | reply)

    i like it!

  49. pino piedimonte (55 months ago | reply)

    Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato www.flickr.com/groups/808443@N22/. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere l’elemento al gruppo.

  50. zayedh (55 months ago | reply)

    Amazing

  51. the-kid-in-me (55 months ago | reply)

    great photo!

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