Bayside bird watching - kookaburra spotted in Sandy
A cheeky kookaburra peeks out from a chainsaw-carved hollow at Tjilatjirrin Reserve, Sandringham.
Chainsaw-carved hollows are one of the methods we use to provide suitable habitats for hollow-dependent species.
Seeing the kookaburra sitting in the old gum tree is a great result as the Aussie Backyard Bird count, run by Birdlife Australia, found a decline in this iconic species in heavily urbanised areas in eastern Australian capital cities.
Over 70 trees throughout Bayside now have habitat-salvaged log hollows or chainsaw-carved hollows.
Have you heard a kookaburra laugh in Bayside?
![Kookaburra poking his head out of a tree](https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/accelerator_media_image_large/public/2023-02/Kookaburra%20tree.jpg?itok=zlZ7eVV_)