This morning when I got up there were a lot of birds hanging about the spilt compost bin. There were four bush turkeys, three magpies, a pied currawong and this kookaburra of which I managed to get a few good photos. I like to listen to the messages from the animals and when I am attuned in and calm then the messages flow.
One of the things I have noticed living in the bush and also being an early riser, is that the kookaburras are often the first birds to wake and anounce their presence in the very first light of the day. I was born in the Chinese year of the “cock” and love the birds. I often wondered what the kookaburras were saying each morning but now I think they are just yelling out “Yip yip yip yipeee its awesome to be alive in this awesomely beautiful world and I am awake to celebrate it, yiiiiippppppeeeeeeee”
This morning’s message comes from Big Kev the Kookaburra
Big Kev the Kookaburra had a lot of need
Big Kev the Kookaburra had a lot of greed
Big Kev the Kookaburra was always swooping down
Picking snakes and lizards up sunning on the ground
Kev Kookaburra wasn’t always a big fella
It started when magpie called him Yella
Kev Kookaburra Yelled “I’m not afraid”
The magpie had meant the noise he made
Kev Kookaburra yelled’ “I’ve got what it takes
I eat lizards and I eat snakes
I’m not scared and I won’t die
I eat snakes, I’m one tough guy.
Kev Kookaburra gave a loud shout
Swooped down and ate a water dragon laying about
Swallowed it into his tummy
Said to the magpie, “that was yummy
I’m going looking for more to eat
There’s plenty of lizards and snakes to eat
He flew above the dusty track
Snakes sunning themselves in the outback
Kev Kookaburra found so much feed
He couldn’t control his pride and greed
When Kev Kookaburra came back
His stubbies wouldn’t cover his bum crack
Kev was heavy and weighed down
His belly stopped him flying around
He sat around, could fly no more
Watched TV sitting on the floor
“I showed you magpie, I’m not afraid
See the empire I have made
There’s so much more than I need
Could not fulfil my pride and greed
Got so much stuff in my life
I can’t fly now I’ve lost my wife”
Kev Kookaburra was now a real heav
The magpie renamed him Big Kev
Big Kev the Kookaburra the magpie said
You can’t fly now you will be dead
If one of those snakes comes along
You’ll never sing your happy song
Big Kev Kookaburra will be snake food now
Big Kev can’t get off the ground
Big Kev the Kookaburra said, “I don’t want to die”
I really enjoyed to swoop and fly
I want to be like I was before
Not big and fat sitting on the floor
Big Kev yelled, “I’ve had enough”
Pride and greed are not that tough
“I’ve seen the error of my way”
Only eat what I need to fly each day
He gave up beer and cream cakes
Now only eats occasional snakes
He’s fit and healthy now you see
Wakes up with the sun and sits in a tree
Each morning Kev gives a great big shout
“Eat well Is what life is all about”
He laughs about the error of his ways
How he’s happy and healthy always these days
Big Kev Kookaburra flies once more
Swoops and flies and he can soar
Big Kev the Kookaburra laughs about it now
How once he was fat like a cow
But now he’s free to fly and soar
Big Kev the Kookaburra is a fit fella sure.
Thundercloud Repairian 