Hi Doug, I remember kookas a lot when I was a kid but they seem less frequent now and certainly not much around our parts. They're pretty amazing when they get going, that's for sure. Cheers, Jill On Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at 03:49 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Whoo boy, I was so busy with our returning Writers-in-Residence for > the past four days that I had not time to catch up with all the sudden > conversation on birds, just now getting on. But do I ever remember the > sound of the kookaburra, Jill, usually sitting on the porches, or not > much further away. > > I'm with those who chose 'fluff' etc, Mark. > > Doug _______________________________________________________ Jill Jones Latest books: Broken/Open. Available from Salt Publishing http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/1844710416.htm Where the Sea Burns. Wagtail Series. Picaro Press PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282. [log in to unmask] Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press) http://www.wildhoneypress.com web site: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones blog1: Ruby Street http://rubystreet.blogspot.com/ blog2: Latitudes http://itudes.blogspot.com/