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Podargus strigoides
Apparently Tawny's are well known for there lax nest building, this one looks like a few twigs balancing on a branch!
Grassy Dry Forest
Spotted on Sep 6, 2014
Submitted on Sep 6, 2014
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Well spotted, Vinny. The chicks look so funny when they're really small. I had a nest in my yard many years ago, and a Butcherbird would constantly tug at the Frogmouth's tail feathers to get it off the nest. No way! Those parents weren't going to budge an inch!