Ah Hubird me old mate ...I did notice that the Kookaburra in the clip sounded slightly restrained ,that was probably because the recordist had shoved a 3 million db pad in the mike and put his headphones into the camera bag in the hope his ears would live to hear another day . The difference between doves gently cooing and kookaburras yelling at the top of their little lungs is akin to the difference between stubbing your toe [irritating no doubt ,unsettling no doubt ]and having a homicidal maniac rush at you with a chainsaw and hack your leg off . You see what the K's are doing is proclaiming to everyone in earshot ,and thats a lot of everyones, that they are indeed the local bigboy and that they can shout louder than anyone and longer than anyone and if you dont look out they'te gonna come and shout right down your friggin earhole until your sorry arse falls off . Of course they dont do this alone ...they do this in concert with all the other bigboys in the area ...6.... 7 maybe ,after that it doesn't matter it's the end of life as we know it ,and even worse they like to start this acoustic rumble just before the sun comes up and even worse still is that there a couple of nice big sydney redgums not spitting distance from me and my beloveds pillows which will each be occupied by one of the aforementioned bigboys . Now if I am moved to yell ,once the trembling shock has subsided "SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU BASTARDS" ,they just think Oh another bigboy and yell louder and longer to tell me to S the F U . Now that we are both fully awake I am then likely to have the beloved hiss at me "your bloody birds " . You gotta be tough to survive in the urban bush
Cheers
Paul
Paul, it looks we have something in common how to treat our multi-legged and sometimes wing-equipped 'housemates'
capital punishment for all ticks and for some of other bloodsuckers occasionally, but the rest is just directed outside, whatever it is.
They may look small in size, but have phantastic abilities that deserve our full respect. Eventually it's not the fault of the funnel web spider that Sydney was planned exactly where they used to live for millions of years
They're all beautiful those little critters
Last year {I'm a bit short sighted but dont wear my glasses much} I was just about to pick up a leaf on the music room floor when something made me bend down and look a bit closer and stop myself just in time from trying to pick up a scorpion , He had his tail up and everything ready to fire .
Certainly would have changed the practice routine for a few days .
Cheers
Paul
