I cannot get close enough to a kookaburra to take a pic no matter how hard I try. It is not that they are not around because I hear them in the early morning and sometimes during the day, but they are out of sight. So, I am doing a different kind of feathered Friday post @melinda010100 about these amazing special birds.
I am telling a story in my own words that is actually from a published story called Jeremy written and illustrated by Chris Faille and Danny Snell. They were winners of the Australian CBCA Evie Pownall Award for Information Books.
Jeremy was a tiny baby kookaburra that fell out of his nest. He was pink and with no feathers. The family cat found him and brought him into the house introducing him to the family; a mother, father, little girl and boy. They named him Jeremy and decided to rear him, so they bought special baby kookaburra food and began feeding him every 4 hours. He was very hungry and ate all the time.
Jeremy kept eating, he grew quickly and in a couple of weeks he started growing feathers. He grew bigger and bigger every day. Jeremy was always hungry.
Jeremy was happy living with the family, he really liked watching television with his friend Teddy. He watched television every night.
The boy called Josh took Jeremy to school one day as Show and Tell. The teacher and Joshua's classmates all loved Jeremy, they wanted to hold him and pat him. Jeremy was so quiet and tame. No-one had nursed a kookaburra before.
Without warning Jeremy grew too big to live in the house. He kept kicking over lamps and vases when he tried to flutter his wings. It was decided that Jeremy must go outside to live. He liked being outside with his willy wagtail friends.
After a little while Jeremy was a fully grown kookaburra, he was so big and healthy and was finding his own food now. Then one day he saw 2 other kookaburras and he flew up to the branch to say hello. They decided to fly away together. The family waved goodbye and never saw Jeremy again.
THE END
Cheers and Blessings
My favourite birds they are awesome. :)
Hello @jphamer1, us Australians so relate to the good old kookaburra.
I think you & @melinda010100 will enjoy this post.
This was an interesting read, great drawings too.
Hello @elsiekay, I really enjoyed writing this post, it was one of those happy enjoyable ones. And I really like kookaburras.
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Oh! I love this! You are an inspiration and gave me an idea for a future #featheredfriday post. Jeremy is delightful!
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Naww hope Jeremy did okay out in the big wide world. When was this book published? We always get advised to call wildlife rescue services if we were to ever discover injured/abandoned wildlife XD
Hi @ryivhnn and good question. I looked at the inside cover and the information says that the book was first published in 2013 and republished in 2018. i was thinking that it was a fiction story but it may very well be based on facts. Usually people do call in the wildlife rescue services for any injured or vulnerable animals. If this is a real story thank goodness this little kookaburra was looked after. I thought about Jeremy surviving the wild and was surprised at the ending. xx
What a delightful story Angie. Great featheredfriday!
Hi redheadpei, thank you.
Great feathered Friday post. Jeremy is cool. Lol
Hello @bethavalverde, I wish I could hold and pat a little kookaburra, feathers are so soft.
lol! very cool story angiemitchell! Someday you'll get photos of one, I just know it.
Haha janton, I am sure of it but isn't it funny when you can't at the time!
They are just extremely scarce or shy or quick?
They are not any of those janton, probably just hard to find at times. Some kookaburras land on people's clothes lines to be fed would you believe.
Well it seems like they would eventually find your beautiful backyard! I don't suppose they have Kookaburra feeders that will attract them? lol.
Good morning jonboy janton,good idea but if only kookaburras ate seed but they don't, they like meat.
what?? that is one strange bird! lol.. I like it even more now!
They are amazing birds. Will do a post on them one day soon.
What a lovely story!
It is and one the children love.