A Cool Frogmouth

[guzzo]

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Found this falla in my back yard tonight. It was so tame it let me walk right up to within 1 meter. Very cool

 

[AshMan]

Lol, you should edit the words "YOU TALKIN TO ME?" into the first picture, that would be genius

 

[snakeluvver]

:shock: The eyes are staring into my soul.

 

[Red-Ink]

Nice one mate... The missus is a birdo, showed her the pic and she's jealous.

 

[jordan-gibson]

i think they are one of the most creepy birds, its just those eyes are just so... well creepy

 

[chrisso81]

Nice shots mate, my sister in law had a pair raise a clutch in a tree in her backyard, the chicks looked like little fluffy Marty Monsters!

 

[guzzo]

It is amazing how silently owls fly...they just look efortless.....I have another barn type owl but it is very flighty!

 

[Darkhorse]

That 1st photo i great... the detail in the eyes - amazing. Your photography has really improved since you read that camera manual Guzzo!

 

[Trouble]

looove the eyes!! so cool. you're lucky.
but my grandparents aboriginal next-door neighbours would say different. their superstitious bird is the tawny frog mouth.
A few months back, one arrived at their place and stayed around for a few days. on the 4th day, the owners' dad passed away. after that, no sight of the bird. :shock:
Awesome birds though. Thanks for sharing.
:lol: AshMan, I love your idea haha.

 

[snakeluvver]

It is amazing how silently owls fly...they just look efortless.....I have another barn type owl but it is very flighty!

Frogmouths arent owls.

 

[guzzo]

That 1st photo i great... the detail in the eyes - amazing. Your photography has really improved since you read that camera manual Guzzo!

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Thanks...he was a good subject....I wonder why it was so tame...i could have patted it.

Frogmouths arent owls.

Well Owl or not he is the grooviest thing I have seen all night haha

 

[Sock Puppet]

Frogmouths can often be quite approachable. Especially when they are doing their "I'm a dead branch not a bird, nothing to see here" impersonation during the day.

Great birds, see them quite frequently around Sydney suburbia.

 

[guzzo]

Frogmouths can often be quite approachable. Especially when they are doing their "I'm a dead branch not a bird, nothing to see here" impersonation during the day.

Great birds, see them quite frequently around Sydney suburbia.

I wonder if the Northern Territory Frogmouth is the same as in Sydney.....Our Kookaburras are quite different

 

[Sock Puppet]

Yeah I think your kookas are the blue winged kookas?
Not sure about the frogmouth, I think there's also a Papuan frogmouth up that way from memory, haven't got a reference book handy at the moment, & a marbled frogmouth, can't recall its range, however I think all three species can be found where you are.
The ones I see are the tawny frogmouth.

 

[guzzo]

Interesting..