Mark, I've been following your Self Sufficient Me channel for 6 months and didn't realize you had a 2nd one! I just love watching your videos! It gives me an outlet in life, to dream about the things I hope to accomplish once I'm completely healed from ovarian cancer. The chemo treatments leave me exhausted and on bed rest most days. Your channels are such a wonderful blessing! Thank you!💜
Always interesting seeing this side of gardening! We set our first vegie garden up about 2 months ago and last week we started noticing the amount of sound and life there is out in the garden now compared to when our backyard was just grass. Almost sounds like a rainforest now, its beautiful! Just today for the first time there was an Owl in one of our trees haha Another great video mate, cheers!
We recently had a magpie dive bomb a 6foot diamond python for 2 hours in our backyard..... magpies are worse than kookaburras especially in breeding season
I am in the USA, when I was young we sang a song about the Kookaburra but I never knew what they looked like: The song went like this, I can't believe I still remember I think there was more????: Kookaburra sits is the old gum tree merry merry king of the bush is he, sing Kookaburra sing Kookaburra sing your song for me.... I sang that to my children I hope they still remember it. Love your videos... thank you for them..... Fascinating nature...
Thank you for showing this, I found it fascinating as I am from the US and don't know anything about Kookaburras. And I liked your matter of fact presentation of nature as it is.
Great conversation piece! Interesting to see who people would root for--the bird or the snake. I love birds, but after a while I really wanted the snake to get away. Thank you, Mark, for this little window into your world.
this was really cool. I whitnessed a snake hawk encounter here in the US the other day, but it was quick. the hawk dove in our field and flew off with the snake 20 seconds later.
Thanks Mark its wonderful to see the way our wildlife animals get along with each other. Thanks for taking the time to show us your very interesting times, and love watching all of your videos.
Great stuff Mate, my Grandfather use to do the same kind of stuff here in SA Riverland. Of course, there was no TH-cam back then, but even though he was only going out to either garden in the apples, strawberries or multiple vege beds that he grew for Nan, or just heading to the chook shed (a 4 vehicle old fashioned carport that he'd enclosed - they only had one car, he figured the chooks needed more cover than that did, haha).. He was always carrying around his camera in his pocket. The photos he took, he would develop later, and paint them. Goannas, Brown's, koalas across the other side of their old dirt road access, all kinds of natives. That was back before we had the ban on guns, and he always carried that with him too. He was a massive native lover, put down the feral cats and foxes on sight. If a Goey wanted a couple of eggs for their days feed, he always shared haha. After he got it away from the chook pen of course, lol. I'm a long time sub to your original channel, but grateful that you're going to have a "nature" playlist on this one. Thumbs up for 2021 ehh. 😍👍👍
It is fascinating to watch the wildlife going about their daily business. A few years ago I witnessed a kookaburra with a smallish snake. It had the snake by the tail and it just kept cracking the snake like it was a whip and no doubt eventually broke its back. I missed a lot of it because it flew off with the snake and when I finally located it again it was sitting on a branch with the tail hanging out of its mouth. It sat there like that for an hour or more as though it just couldn't fit that last bit in. It was a huge meal for a bird its size. Fascinating.
Can still remember when i was younger, seeing a chicken running about the garden with a slow worm half down its throat with all the other chickens chasing it trying to get it
Thank you Mark for that video. Those kookaburras have tremendously strong beaks. When you think about a magpie when it’s swooping and what does to a child’s head,or even an adults head ,they are so strong it’s frightening. Sure we all have a good laugh afterwards, but the birds can do damage.. Regards madmally
A friend of mine says that on their farm in Gippsland, Victoria, the kookaburras keep the red belly black snakes in check as they kill all the baby snakes.
Those are non venomous snakes, you can pick them with your hands. I often save such snakes from my cats and release them on fields. They eat pests such as rodents and insects.
@@Argentvs EXACTLY!!! I don't like to handle snakes, but living in Texas I have learned to respect them bcuz of the job they do! Anyone who keeps the vermin population away from my house is a friend of mine ANY day!!! ♡
I didn't know they went for snakes. I saw one pull a worm out of the ground. Recently one swooped down from my clothesline and totally decapitated one of my vertical cactus plants, not to eat it but just for the hell of it!
Nice. As per mentioned on your other channel, a pair of Kookaburra's moved into my street. I've been listening to the and spotted them up close. One thing I've noticed here in inner city Brisbane is the constant attacks and loud warning voiced solder birds telling them to move on. The Indian Minor's though don't seem to mind.
how frequently do you encounter snakes on your property? I have seen your other clips with them in the chook shed etc.... I would be on high alert every time i set foot out the door.
I live in Southern NSW. We have lots of snakes (Eastern Brown, Copperhead, Red-Bellied Black snakes) that are highly venomous but we don’t encounter them that much. It’s Spring now and they are waking up from their winter sleep. Let’s just say that I don’t walk around barefoot! I always think that it must be difficult to live somewhere like the USA with bears and mountain lions. Most of these creatures throughout the world know to avoid humans!
Are you kiddin? There’s fangs in the other end!!!! Just goes to show...you can’t always have your “snake” and eat it too! Neat channel. Glad I’ve found both👍🏻
i didnt realize kookaburra ate meat i guess.....ive seen them on some girls youtube but she had plates of fruits....and learned song in elementary school about them and the old gum tree...so didnt know if they ate the gumdrops off of trees...talk about naive....was a pretty big snake too. was it poisonous or not? i love how friendly they can be too...was snake after birds nest? or just trying to get away?
Watched a kookaburra swoop and snag a red belly black snake on my old rainforest property in Northern nsw. Was HECTIC!!! kookaburra just flew off with it 😳
Love kookaburras i have a flock come down for a morning feed they follow me everywhere i live in the bush have not seen a snake yet i think my little friends are keeping them away ive found they like yabbies too if i split wood they are there waiting to see if a widgedy grubs are there
i haven't seen any baby eastern brown's in the past year or two, and a neighbor has a family of Kookaburra's nesting near her house. . i saw an adult brown about 2 years ago, i went to open one of my sheds and as i reached for the T-handle i spotted the brown raise it's head to an s shape it was 1/2 a metre from my foot and was sunning itself on the blue dust beside the shed. i told it how lovely it was and apologized for disturbing it while i backed away very slowly. . i came back with a rake and it disappeared into the long grass, i keep the grass along that shed real short now. we also have tiger snakes in the region, but they are rarely seen being nocturnal hunters. . the brown's are a real problem, a few summers back locals lost a dozen dogs around the reservoir because they didn't keep the dogs on a leash while "walking" their dogs, Browns are daytime hunters.
We live in an urban area in the Pittsburgh. my wife was looking out our windows thinking kids were running in front of our house when you played the cuckoo bara calling 😂🌈🤙
Mark, I've been following your Self Sufficient Me channel for 6 months and didn't realize you had a 2nd one! I just love watching your videos! It gives me an outlet in life, to dream about the things I hope to accomplish once I'm completely healed from ovarian cancer. The chemo treatments leave me exhausted and on bed rest most days. Your channels are such a wonderful blessing! Thank you!💜
You just know he's working up to wrestling with crocs.
My favourite bird is the kookaburra...
I loved how he gave a bit of a chuckle as if to say I got you, you bastard... lol😂😉😎
Always interesting seeing this side of gardening! We set our first vegie garden up about 2 months ago and last week we started noticing the amount of sound and life there is out in the garden now compared to when our backyard was just grass. Almost sounds like a rainforest now, its beautiful! Just today for the first time there was an Owl in one of our trees haha Another great video mate, cheers!
Owls eat mice and rats, careful you are not attracting them critters.
Thank you for sharing your world with us.
I love how you appreciate nature in all aspects ❣️
I would not have expected a bird that size to attack a snake of that size.
It's Australia, lol.
We recently had a magpie dive bomb a 6foot diamond python for 2 hours in our backyard..... magpies are worse than kookaburras especially in breeding season
@@penny6798 Magpies are the devil incarnate.
Me neither! Those were exactly my thoughts.
men need to be careful out in the bush when they need to take a wizz, snakes are there favourite food
That was so interesting. I hope you keep them coming too. So many things we don't get to see in the wild
Thanks so much
That was awesome! Love your Australian animals. I’d never seen a Kookaurrah before. 😊
I love listening to your videos. I am an aussie living in france and I miss the Australian birds I can hear on your shows.
I am in the USA, when I was young we sang a song about the Kookaburra but I never knew what they looked like: The song went like this, I can't believe I still remember I think there was more????: Kookaburra sits is the old gum tree merry merry king of the bush is he, sing Kookaburra sing Kookaburra sing your song for me.... I sang that to my children I hope they still remember it. Love your videos... thank you for them..... Fascinating nature...
Definitely a cool nature vid. Life at it's fullest.
Thank you for showing this, I found it fascinating as I am from the US and don't know anything about Kookaburras. And I liked your matter of fact presentation of nature as it is.
Tree snakes don't do anyone any harm, except for rodents.
Big, healthy looking kooka.
Looks like a bumper mango crop in a month or two, Mark.
👌🍻
That was pretty cool. I'll admit I started to feel bad for the snake but it was also fascinating to watch. I'm still glad it got away. Lol. 😎😁🐍
Thanks for sharing this aspect of nature that so many of us may not experience otherwise.
Great conversation piece! Interesting to see who people would root for--the bird or the snake. I love birds, but after a while I really wanted the snake to get away. Thank you, Mark, for this little window into your world.
Thanks for sharing that, Mark. So interesting!
Best wishes from London.
this was really cool. I whitnessed a snake hawk encounter here in the US the other day, but it was quick. the hawk dove in our field and flew off with the snake 20 seconds later.
Good nature video, love those kookaburras! Glad you added this second channel.
G’day Mark, thanks for sharing another interesting video!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be
Ah! I'm not the only one!
An oldie but a goody
It is odd that kids even know this song in the US, considering we have none here.
Hehe i sang along! :P
I feel young again...humming to this song...tqtq dear...💖💝💐
Thanks Mark its wonderful to see the way our wildlife animals get along with each other. Thanks for taking the time to show us your very interesting times, and love watching all of your videos.
Sir David Attenborough look out, there's a new naturalist in town. Thanx for sharing.
Sir David: " And here we have the kookaburra..... "( Two minutes later) "And here is the tree snake.... "
Thanks for sharing mark 😀💗
Great stuff Mate, my Grandfather use to do the same kind of stuff here in SA Riverland. Of course, there was no TH-cam back then, but even though he was only going out to either garden in the apples, strawberries or multiple vege beds that he grew for Nan, or just heading to the chook shed (a 4 vehicle old fashioned carport that he'd enclosed - they only had one car, he figured the chooks needed more cover than that did, haha).. He was always carrying around his camera in his pocket. The photos he took, he would develop later, and paint them. Goannas, Brown's, koalas across the other side of their old dirt road access, all kinds of natives. That was back before we had the ban on guns, and he always carried that with him too. He was a massive native lover, put down the feral cats and foxes on sight.
If a Goey wanted a couple of eggs for their days feed, he always shared haha. After he got it away from the chook pen of course, lol. I'm a long time sub to your original channel, but grateful that you're going to have a "nature" playlist on this one.
Thumbs up for 2021 ehh. 😍👍👍
It is fascinating to watch the wildlife going about their daily business. A few years ago I witnessed a kookaburra with a smallish snake. It had the snake by the tail and it just kept cracking the snake like it was a whip and no doubt eventually broke its back. I missed a lot of it because it flew off with the snake and when I finally located it again it was sitting on a branch with the tail hanging out of its mouth. It sat there like that for an hour or more as though it just couldn't fit that last bit in. It was a huge meal for a bird its size. Fascinating.
Wow, thank you for sharing this with me.
Can still remember when i was younger, seeing a chicken running about the garden with a slow worm half down its throat with all the other chickens chasing it trying to get it
Hi Mark, can you please tell us what type of soil mix you use for your tomatoes in the raised beds?
Of course ..it IS Australia..the outback..and all that!! G' day mate..great episode...
Thank you for the video buddy! Have an excellent weekend!!
That was pretty cool thanks Mark!! Love your stuff brother!!
It was nice to see this. Thank you for sharing.
Wow didn't think a kookaburra would take on a snake... learn something new every day
Fantastic video Mark!
love your description of the battle
Thank you for sharing. We only get the kukkaburra in captivity here in South Africa. Was very interesting to watch.
I was ROOTING for the Kookaburra to Win.
I'm all for nature as well! This was a Awesome video on how animals survive in the wild. Thank you 😀
How very special.......Thank you
My wife and I love SSM, but we really love SSM2.
Thanks for your interesting video . I enjoyed every minute of it.
I was quietly rooting for the kookaburra.
Man that bird can sing many ways.
Would love to see one
Steve Irwin would be proud. Crikey!!
Wonderful video. Tha k you. What kind of snake?
🦆🦆🐍🦆🦆🐍🦆🦆I'd say loosing a little bit of produce is worth out sourcing nope-rope wrangling
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mark for that video. Those kookaburras have tremendously strong beaks. When you think about a magpie when it’s swooping and what does to a child’s head,or even an adults head ,they are so strong it’s frightening. Sure we all have a good laugh afterwards, but the birds can do damage..
Regards madmally
A friend of mine says that on their farm in Gippsland, Victoria, the kookaburras keep the red belly black snakes in check as they kill all the baby snakes.
I'm glad everyone crawled or flew away.
Wow. Great capture mate.
Love Kookaburras
U have the first comment on this video
interesting video thanks Mark have a nice day
Anything that eats snakes is a friend of mine.
Those are non venomous snakes, you can pick them with your hands. I often save such snakes from my cats and release them on fields. They eat pests such as rodents and insects.
@@Argentvs EXACTLY!!!
I don't like to handle snakes, but living in Texas I have learned to respect them bcuz of the job they do!
Anyone who keeps the vermin population away from my house is a friend of mine ANY day!!! ♡
@@Argentvs I was wondering about that.
That's pretty dumb. Especially with non venomous snakes.
@@jimmyshrimbe9361 you’re right. How dare I have a problem with snakes- or an opinion.
I didn't know they went for snakes. I saw one pull a worm out of the ground. Recently one swooped down from my clothesline and totally decapitated one of my vertical cactus plants, not to eat it but just for the hell of it!
Nice. As per mentioned on your other channel, a pair of Kookaburra's moved into my street. I've been listening to the and spotted them up close. One thing I've noticed here in inner city Brisbane is the constant attacks and loud warning voiced solder birds telling them to move on. The Indian Minor's though don't seem to mind.
Thanks Mark! Good eye, Mate! I’m from Florida and there’s some predators here, I wouldn’t mess with.
how frequently do you encounter snakes on your property? I have seen your other clips with them in the chook shed etc.... I would be on high alert every time i set foot out the door.
I live in Southern NSW. We have lots of snakes (Eastern Brown, Copperhead, Red-Bellied Black snakes) that are highly venomous but we don’t encounter them that much. It’s Spring now and they are waking up from their winter sleep. Let’s just say that I don’t walk around barefoot! I always think that it must be difficult to live somewhere like the USA with bears and mountain lions. Most of these creatures throughout the world know to avoid humans!
Love seeing nature! Thanks!
Amazing video!
Are you kiddin? There’s fangs in the other end!!!!
Just goes to show...you can’t always have your “snake” and eat it too!
Neat channel. Glad I’ve found both👍🏻
Awsome vid Mark.
I love the sound of a kookaburra!
8:03 what is that bird sounds?
Rick Borghuis It’s a Koel, more commonly known as a Rain Bird.
Thanks.
I never heard it before
Nature is amazing. So much happy out there that we don’t ever see.......great video
Are those snakes poisonous?
Kookaburra: I got ya mate!
Snake: BODY TWISTER!!
it looked like the Kookaburra saw the snakes head come around the branch and that's when he let go
What species of snake was that?
i didnt realize kookaburra ate meat i guess.....ive seen them on some girls youtube but she had plates of fruits....and learned song in elementary school about them and the old gum tree...so didnt know if they ate the gumdrops off of trees...talk about naive....was a pretty big snake too. was it poisonous or not? i love how friendly they can be too...was snake after birds nest? or just trying to get away?
Did the birds have a nest nearby?
Very interesting, thanks Mark. BTW like the haircut. Brian & Essjay
It's good thing that you respect nature so you didn't interept between them
Watched a kookaburra swoop and snag a red belly black snake on my old rainforest property in Northern nsw. Was HECTIC!!! kookaburra just flew off with it 😳
Amazing video 🐍
That snake could eat bird babies also.
Love kookaburras i have a flock come down for a morning feed they follow me everywhere i live in the bush have not seen a snake yet i think my little friends are keeping them away ive found they like yabbies too if i split wood they are there waiting to see if a widgedy grubs are there
It wasn't boring. I was on the edge of my chair. I almost skipped to the end to see.
needs some ozzyman commentary
Ozzie Man for Prime Minister!
Tnx mark, never seen that.
Wow, i didn't realise they ate snakes 😳 thanks for sharing
I"m sure you the Kookaburra's all the time but they are so cool to watch!!!
i haven't seen any baby eastern brown's in the past year or two, and a neighbor has a family of Kookaburra's nesting near her house.
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i saw an adult brown about 2 years ago, i went to open one of my sheds and as i reached for the T-handle i spotted the brown raise it's head to an s shape it was 1/2 a metre from my foot and was sunning itself on the blue dust beside the shed.
i told it how lovely it was and apologized for disturbing it while i backed away very slowly.
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i came back with a rake and it disappeared into the long grass, i keep the grass along that shed real short now.
we also have tiger snakes in the region, but they are rarely seen being nocturnal hunters.
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the brown's are a real problem, a few summers back locals lost a dozen dogs around the reservoir because they didn't keep the dogs on a leash while "walking" their dogs, Browns are daytime hunters.
Do they mate for life as some birds do?
the struggle is real.
Thanks for sharing..
pretty brave bird to take on that large of a snake..:)
Thank you for sharing 👌❤️
I was surprised the Kookaburra didn't try to fly off with the snake in it's mouth.
Good stuff, don't know if you've heard about the needles in the strawberries again about a week ago
Had the wrong end Kooka! 😂
7.30 min is storm bird and the kookie
Amazing to see. Would be interesting to see what kind of bugs you have there as well
Wow! Amazing! Thanks for sharing
Can a Kookaburra survive a snake bite?
Omg 😳 you can start your animal planet channel from your backyard lol this is crazy
We live in an urban area in the Pittsburgh. my wife was looking out our windows thinking kids were running in front of our house when you played the cuckoo bara calling 😂🌈🤙
Is that tree snake (shudder) poisonous?
No. Tree snakes are constrictors.