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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Feb 15, 2012 7:49:05 GMT
In Cricket, they use Kookaburra balls in Australia. I never knew it was named after a bird. Lots of other cricketing gear too, not just balls. Our men's hockey team is named after them too, Any specific reason for that?
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Post by stace on Feb 15, 2012 8:17:17 GMT
Lots of other cricketing gear too, not just balls. Our men's hockey team is named after them too, Any specific reason for that? As far as the balls go, it's a brand/company name, BB. From wiki... The company was founded in 1890 as A.G. Thompson Pty Ltd by Alfred Grace Thompson, a migrant harness and saddle maker who turned to manufacturing cricket balls when his livelihood was threatened by the advent of the motor car. In the mid-1980s, the company diversified into manufacturing the full range of cricket equipment, including bats, clothing, footwear and protective equipment. Most Aussie sports teams are named after Australian flora or fauna, or at least something distinctly Australian, like The Wallabies, the Kangaroos. Sometimes names are a derivative, like the Socceroos. Australians like giving things and people nicknames.
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Post by maz on Feb 15, 2012 8:57:45 GMT
I thought even those of us who have never seen a real kookaburra would have known the old scouting song: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! Gay your life must be"
We used to sing it as a round in the Guides!
We get a nice lot of small birds in our garden - I did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in January and my tally that day in one hour was 4 blackbirds, a pair of bullfinches, 2 great tits, 1 blue tit, 1 greenfinch, 1 chaffinch, 1 jay (which comes now and then) and something I'd never seen before, a female blackcap. A few days later I also saw a fieldfare - they do normally come in flocks when it's really cold and they can't find food in the even colder Scandinavian areas, but mine must've been a loner.
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Post by brian1 on Feb 15, 2012 12:05:47 GMT
Any specific reason for that? As far as the balls go, it's a brand/company name, BB. From wiki... The company was founded in 1890 as A.G. Thompson Pty Ltd by Alfred Grace Thompson, a migrant harness and saddle maker who turned to manufacturing cricket balls when his livelihood was threatened by the advent of the motor car. In the mid-1980s, the company diversified into manufacturing the full range of cricket equipment, including bats, clothing, footwear and protective equipment. Most Aussie sports teams are named after Australian flora or fauna, or at least something distinctly Australian, like The Wallabies, the Kangaroos. Sometimes names are a derivative, like the Socceroos. Australians like giving things and people nicknames. Not just a pretty face Stace your clever as well......
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Post by brian1 on Feb 15, 2012 12:10:07 GMT
I thought even those of us who have never seen a real kookaburra would have known the old scouting song: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! Gay your life must be" We used to sing it as a round in the Guides! We get a nice lot of small birds in our garden - I did the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in January and my tally that day in one hour was 4 blackbirds, a pair of bullfinches, 2 great tits, 1 blue tit, 1 greenfinch, 1 chaffinch, 1 jay (which comes now and then) and something I'd never seen before, a female blackcap. A few days later I also saw a fieldfare - they do normally come in flocks when it's really cold and they can't find food in the even colder Scandinavian areas, but mine must've been a loner. I didn't know that one maz,but then I wasn't in the guides or the scouts.......... ;D
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Post by milliej on Feb 15, 2012 17:10:52 GMT
Isn't a Kookaburra something like our Kingfisher? I get spuggies (sparrows) sparrows, and sparrows 24 last count! The tree's keep getting chopped down round here and Lord knows why, there aren't that many around anyway our garden must be like a little haven for them . We've got two robins at the moment, must be a pair because they're very territorial, a resident blackbird, a wren and dunnock. Starlings stop off for fat ball nibble when they fly over and grey collared doves for a drink Thats a lot of birds for our tiny garden but we planted bushes when we first arrived and they're a good size for birds to hide in now. I'm glad we did because I love watching them out of the french doors. I think the budgies do too with the racket they make sometimes when it's busy outdoors.
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Post by brian1 on Feb 15, 2012 19:53:18 GMT
Isn't a Kookaburra something like our Kingfisher? I get spuggies (sparrows) sparrows, and sparrows 24 last count! The tree's keep getting chopped down round here and Lord knows why, there aren't that many around anyway our garden must be like a little haven for them . We've got two robins at the moment, must be a pair because they're very territorial, a resident blackbird, a wren and dunnock. Starlings stop off for fat ball nibble when they fly over and grey collared doves for a drink Thats a lot of birds for our tiny garden but we planted bushes when we first arrived and they're a good size for birds to hide in now. I'm glad we did because I love watching them out of the french doors. I think the budgies do too with the racket they make sometimes when it's busy outdoors. It is Millie click on the link further up or on the other page, have a look
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Post by Hezz on Feb 16, 2012 2:15:41 GMT
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Post by brian1 on Feb 16, 2012 11:04:54 GMT
Beautiful bird Hezz,not seen one in real life for years........
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Feb 16, 2012 11:38:43 GMT
Wow, lovely little thing
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Feb 16, 2012 15:45:28 GMT
Very beautiful
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Post by Hezz on Feb 17, 2012 0:39:35 GMT
The colour is all wrong on that link. They are a much prettier blue than that, I think, but it is probably that irridescent colour that birds have on their feathers that changes the colour depending on the angle.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Feb 17, 2012 10:08:05 GMT
This one?
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Post by brian1 on Feb 17, 2012 13:07:31 GMT
This one? A strikingly beautiful bird BB I love the colour
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Feb 17, 2012 14:45:44 GMT
Yes I never thought Brian that the Kookaburras can be so beautiful
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