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Tawny Frogmouth |
Sightings
Sightings of Tawny Frogmouths, which are nocturnal predators, were few and far between from 2003 to 2006. Birds were spotted at the Australia Telescope Compact Array observatory, 25 km west of Narrabri, New South Wales, in 2004 and at the farm where we lived until late 2006, 20 km south of Narrabri in April 2006 (including the nest shown),
During the winter of 2008 a bird was seen regularly at our place 20 km east of Narrabri hunting from fenceposts.
Photos
Tawny Frogmouth on a fencepost; it appears to have some straw entangled in its plumage (click on image for larger version)
Frontal view of a Tawny Frogmouth on a fencepost (click on image for larger version)
Portrait of a Tawny Frogmouth (click on image for larger version)
Daytime portrait of a Tawny Frogmouth (click on image for larger version)
Two Tawny Frogmouths on their perch (click on image for larger version)
Nest
Tawny Frogmouth on its nest in a fork high up in a tree
Different viewing angle, from the other side, after a laborious climb up a neighbouring tree (click on image for larger version)
Sitting on the nest in the "broken limb" position... (click on image for larger version)
Here, a few weeks later, with two chicks; one is leaning its head on mom's back, the second is lying low, with its head on its sibling's back (click on image for larger version)