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It's all in the family with Kookaburras. (australian.museum)

submitted 8 months ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 8 months ago (5 children)

If you love kookas, make sure the old big trees with hollows in your area are saved from the chop. You can also purchase a kookaburra nesting box and put it up in a tall tree in your area.

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[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I did this and no kookaburras came. I was devistated :(

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I can imagine, but you never know what's up ahead. Sometimes it takes wildlife a long time before they'll accept a particular nest box or some other species comes and takes over. Have you looked to see if any other wildlife has made the nest box its home? There are so many factors that can influence the take up of a nest box. I hope that doesn't happen to me as I'm hoping to put up a kooka one up soon, but we'll see.!

If you know someone with experience in this perhaps they may be able to give you some advice. I was involved in a nest box community project last year and these were some general guidelines people were given: