That is a family of kookaburras.

They are often found in suburbs, so let's learn how to live with them.

Living with Aussie Wildlife: Kookaburras.

The laughing kookaburra has white and brown feathers and a strong beak.

This helps the kookaburra when it hunts for food.

Kookaburras live across the east and the southwest of Australia.

Kookaburras live in the one area called a territory.

If kookaburras live near your home, they will be there for many years.

Kookaburras live in families and talk to each other with a call Australians call a laugh.

You might hear this at dusk and dawn.

Kookaburras eat mice and rats, they also eat small snakes, lizards, fish, and insects.

They use their strong beaks to hold and hit their food to break the bones before eating it.

Kookaburras will eat any mice and rats around your home.

If you use rat poison, the kookaburras may also die.

Kookaburras mate for life.

In spring, they make nests in tree hollows and palm trees.

They defend their nests from other kookaburras.

When a kookaburra sees its reflection in a window, it might try to attack it.

You can help kookaburras by putting things like plants in the windows to stop the glass from reflecting.

Quiz time.

Kookaburras like to eat...

flowers, fruit, or mice?

Kookaburras like to eat mice.

Kookaburras with their special laughs are part of Australian backyards and neighborhoods.

We love living with kookaburras.