Kookaburra energetically tossing leaves about near a garden hose attracted attention . Then there was a dramatic development - it grabbed what appeared to be a snake and gulped it down . After looking about , it suddenly flew up inside a mandarin tree covered in netting and shook a bundle of dry leaves which had accumulated over weeks in a fold, as if after another snack .
Earlier on , a Curlew , pictured below, after drinking from a nearby water container, advanced on a large leaf and delivered some hefty pecks . The presumption was that it was getting insects . However it may have been moving the snake away from the water , Curlews not afraid of snakes .
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