Laugh, kookaburra
Photo: Krikey the kookaburra at Aldergrove zooI hadn't thought about him for over five decades. And until I saw this fellow at the zoo, the kookaburra, also called the Australian kingfisher bird, lived only in my imagination.
When we were in elementary school in Alberta in the 1950s, we sang a variation of his Australian song. Back then, I didn't imagine I'd meet a real kookaburra all these years later at the zoo in Aldergrove. I didn't hear him laugh; in fact, he looked rather serious. He's also a lot smaller than I would have imagined.
His name is Krikey.