Blue-winged kookaburra highly aggressive in the first week of life, and the youngest chick is often killed by the older chicks during this period. Once fledged, juvenile birds need to be taught how to hunt by their parents for a further 6–10 weeks before they can properly fend for themselves. The red goshawk and rufous owl prey upon the blue-winged kookaburra. Adult birds are also slow flyers and vulnerable to being hit by cars on country roads. Nests are susceptible to raids by Olive Pythons, quolls and goannas. Blue-winged kookaburra The blue-winged kookaburra ("Dacelo leachii") is a large species of kingfisher native
Kookaburra III generated a top flight campaign, comprising an investment of some A$28M. "Kookaburra III" was built in Perth, Western Australia by Parry Boat Builders. She was the third of the Kookaburra boats built by the Taskforce 87 syndicate, all of which were designed by Iain Murray and John Swarbrick. The golden hulled Kookaburra's were fast and evenly matched, particularly "Kookaburra II" and "Kookaburra III". "Kookaburra II" was intended to be a bench mark boat and was left unaltered from May 1986 on, while significant changes went into the hulls and keels of "Kookaburra I" and "Kookaburra III". Throughout "Kookaburra II" remained