Tawny Frogmouth
On a late afternoon walk along the creek near home today I very luckily spotted this tawny sitting motionless on a branch. I was so close to it it is amazing it did not fly away, I think I was about 2 metres from it when I first spotted it.
After getting over my initial shock, this is the first time I have seen one in the wild, I managed to take a few shots in the fast fading light, then walked home to get my daughter to show her, strangely she was not as excited about it as I was.
Due to the disappearing sun, the dark colour of the bird and the thick bush I had to use a very high ISO, hence the noise in the shot.
Tawny Frogmouth
On a late afternoon walk along the creek near home today I very luckily spotted this tawny sitting motionless on a branch. I was so close to it it is amazing it did not fly away, I think I was about 2 metres from it when I first spotted it.
After getting over my initial shock, this is the first time I have seen one in the wild, I managed to take a few shots in the fast fading light, then walked home to get my daughter to show her, strangely she was not as excited about it as I was.
Due to the disappearing sun, the dark colour of the bird and the thick bush I had to use a very high ISO, hence the noise in the shot.