During my walk around our local park I found the Golden Whistler pair (since posted on Tark's thread) and and six Frogmouths. This one had perched in a lower branch than his mates and made my job very easy. The close-up photo is full frame @ 400mm. Hope you enjoy them.
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George
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Just gorgeous - the feathers look just like bark. We occasionally get them in our yard just after dark. They have an eerie call - once we had them calling for 1.5 h. I'm hoping to see some tomorrow at the Australian reptile park.
oh George those are fabulous shots.. you are so lucky to have the opportunity to observe them(& well done for spotting them) they always look a bit annoyed to me... maybe because you have managed to distinguish them from a branch..
Birdgirl..I hear them at night too..very spooky call, hope you get to see them at the reptile house, what part of Australia is that in?
George thank you so much for sharing.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
HI George
Top shots the feathers around the face almost looks like fur.
Killer shots George, you lucky bugger! :) I was told of a sighting and shown the picture of one on Bruny Is. The photo wasn't good but the bird was unmistakeable. I hope to get one or two of those in my viewfinder one day mate.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Thanks all for your comments. They are not really that difficult to spot. Every neighbourhood would have a resident frogmouth pair. A neighbour is presently collecting data on their movements for a scientific paper that he plans to publish and he claims that there is a pair every 500m or so.
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George
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George
Melbourne, VIC
Nice shots out there, have not able to find those Frogmouth since i started photography. The only place I saw them is in the Sydney Wildlife World.
George - they are just gorgeous birds, and fabulous shots! You are so lucky - 6 of them! I have never seen one in the wild.
I can hear a Boobook Owl at night very close to us, but haven't spotted him yet.
I am trying to tune my ears (as Denis was saying about listening for the Whistlers call) and trying to recognise the sounds, but it isn't easy!!
G'day Lyn, thanks for your kind comments. I'm certain that if you live within the range of the Tawny Frogmouth you will have at least one resident pair within 5 minutes' walk. The trick is to always look for them so that your eyes become accustomed to the shape of your neighbourhood trees. Roosting birds will then become glaringly obvious on your subsequent walks and scans of the local trees. Good luck.
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
Nice shots George I really like #2,well done mate and thanks for sharing.
They are fantastic george, i love em..
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top stuff mate, i haven't seen one of this yet also :)
Hi George, Bit of a long shot but do you happen to have the name of your neighbor that published the paper on the nesting location of tawny frogmouths in Melboure
I work for the BBC and we are hoping to film them in the suburbs in 2021
my Email is