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A very fine pair of images indeed, the copyrighted work of Malaysian photographer Laurence Poh. The bird is, of course, the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). Some years ago, on a visit to Australia, the webmaster remembers seeing this bird close up in the wild and was astonished to see how very big the bird really is. It is 45 cm or about 18 inches long and the beak is truly formidable.
Laurence has many hundreds of his images available online here but also has his own superb website and if you enjoy quality bird images you would enjoy a visit, I know. I found these particular images in the Australian birds section of Laurence's own site. You will be interested to know that they were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 950 or 990 digital camera in combination with a Leica spotting telescope. And if you want to learn how to do something similar, Laurence has a page to help you do just that, a page that also includes links to many other "digiscopers" around the world. Laurence, we thank you!