Frogmouth

Occasional visitors but this year four Tawny Frogmouths have arrived in my Gold Coast hinterland garden. Podargus strigoides are the photographer's ideal. When approached their main defensive strategy is camouflage. They sit quite still and seem to disappear looking like the extension or protrusion of a a branch. Their marvellous owl-like eyes (they are nightjars not owls) are a beguiling give-away amidst other wise perfect camouflage.

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