| With its kangaroos and kookaburras, and leg-of-mutton sleeves and button boots, this is a timeless story about the warmth of family. |
| Other birds include a huge American bald eagle called Liberty, buzzards, Harris hawks, vultures, laughing kookaburras and a pelican. |
| First, kookaburras breed in nuclear family groups where a monogamous pair are assisted by up to six offspring-helpers. |
| So the cassowaries, kookaburras, koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles and wallabies that one goes to Australia in the hope of seeing are all there. |
| In a broader survey of this population of kookaburras, the youngest nestling in broods of three was killed in one third of nests. |
| Some pairs of kingfishers call in duets, and cooperative groups of kookaburras call in a chorus at dawn and dusk. |
