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Podargus strigoides
Tawny Frogmouths are Australian native birds and are related to the Nightjar family. They are not raptorial birds, and are therefore not owls. Found this fellow perched on a wooden gate, situated outside a mower repair workshop, adjacent to a car park. No amount of noisy lawn mowers blowing smoke, nor cars, nor people, seemed to phase this guy. Detailed information on the species can be found at one of my most popular spottings - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/212...
This fellow was spotted in a commercial area adjacent to a busy main road.
Frogmouths will usually roost in trees, but I've also seen them roosting on many man-made structures including patio railings, the top of a door and a ceiling fan (inside a house), rooftop ventilation pipes, roof gutter downpipes, and chain wire fencing. Now also on a wooden gate. PS: The first spotting using my new camera.
Spotted on Aug 27, 2014
Submitted on Aug 27, 2014
14 Comments
My pleasure, Gilma, and thanks, Yasser. One of my favourite birds. Very unique, and always a crowd-pleaser :-)
Gorgeous bird, Neil Ross. Thank you for sharing pictures of this amazing bird.
So awesome!
Frogmouths are amazing birds. Still learning the new camera.
Wow! What a great spotting! Very interesting bird Neil. Looks like the new camera is treating you right:)
Awesome!!!!!
Thanks folks. Sigg, the upright posture is what is known as 'stumping', and when they're in a tree, particularly certain types of eucalypts, they just disappear. A wooden fence doesn't quite cut it, although he sat here quite happily all day.
Congrats on your new Cam Neil..... awesome spotting .... frogmouths are one of my dreams....
Nice photo! What an unusual bird. I can see how it is related to the Nightjar family.
Nice spotting, I imagine that they're nearly impossible to spot when perched on a branch.
Thanks, Jae. They are very unique creatures.
Wow awesome bird! Great spotting, Neil.
Nah. He looks pretty wooden, but the moving eye and gaping mouth kinda gave him away.
Did you carve that?