A Pair of Kookaburras on Both Sides of a Wire Engage in Beak-to-Beak Tug of War Over a Morsel of Food

While walking in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville in New South Wales, resident Brett Sutton mentioned that he heard a commotion from above and looked up to investigate. He then saw a pair of determined kookaburras on either side of an electrical wire engaging in a beak-to-beak standoff over a morsel of food. When a third bird came over to see what was happening, the bird hanging in mid-air lost focus and let go.

Two kookaburras faced off in a tense battle for a mouse on an overhead electricity wire in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville in New South Wales …While it looks like the second kookaburra is coming back up at the end of the video, he didn’t challenge the one on the wire.