A few weeks ago I wrote about the true bug that laid a clutch of eggs on my wall, and the hatching of those eggs into cute little leafhoppers. Yesterday I took a picture of two kookaburras high in a tree, because I thought the angle was cute:

As well as the underside of the kookaburra beaks and their beady eyes, looking more closely, you can see…

Yes, an egg sack that looks just like the one on my wall. The two kookaburras and the egg sack were high, high up in a gum tree. Someday soon, tiny little critturs like these will hatch. I bet the mother bug wasn’t aware that two such fearsome beaks would be in close proximity to her brood!

Common name: Laughing Kookaburra

Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae

Approximate length: 47 cm

Date spotted: 24 December 2018 (Summer)

Location: Manly Dam Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia: 33°46’56.2″S 151°15’22.5″E