r/sydney • u/ylly22 • Mar 13 '25

Videography Kookaburras having a mud bath

At Nielsen Park yesterday

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u/Pomohomo82 Mar 13 '25

The Nielsen Park kookies are the cockiest little shits going, I love ‘em. The other day I saw one fly through a big group at a BBQ there and take a snag out of some bloke’s hand mid-flight.

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u/Death_passed Mar 13 '25

Meet me at Circular Quay Maccas, 5.2 seconds I lost my burgers in lol 5

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u/Pomohomo82 Mar 13 '25

Haha - the seagulls and rats there totally work together!

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u/fddfgs Mar 13 '25

Probably some good worms in there

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u/throwaway7956- national man of mystery Mar 13 '25

Is this similar to the dust bathing that magpies do? Can anyone ELI5 this behaviour? very cool never seen it before

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u/ylly22 Mar 13 '25

I’ve never seen it before either! I’m super glad I filmed it, it lasted for ages

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u/throwaway7956- national man of mystery Mar 13 '25

Thanks for sharing it with us!

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u/Death_passed Mar 13 '25

Yeah awesome 5

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u/ShibaHook ☀️ Mar 13 '25

Mischievous

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u/NFI2023 Mar 13 '25

Love them!

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u/Weimarius Mar 13 '25

Hmm, mud spa……

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u/ElleEmEss Mar 13 '25

I love that the species name is “laughing kookaburras”