Carnivorous Kookaburra rescued with bird CD

AN escaped kookaburra was serenaded with a recording of bird noises in a desperate bid to tempt it down from its treetop hiding place.

By NEIL POORAN Monday, 10th March 2014, 11:55 am

Chuckles in his enclosure. Picture: HeMedia

The on-the-run “laughing bird” was spotted hiding in the top of a beech half a mile from the Five Sisters Zoo it escaped on Monday.

Attempts to capture Chuckles with dead chicks failed, so frustrated staff at the West Calder attraction then deployed plan B – playing a CD of distinctive noises.

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A spokeswoman for the zoo said: “A man came to the zoo to let us know that he had spotted Chuckles in a beech tree, half a mile away.

“Staff jumped in a car and headed up to the area straight away.

“We enticed him with dead chicks and he came down, took the food but flew straight back up there.