a tawny portrait

I do love our tawny frogmouth's.
They look like an owl at first glance but are not raptors, they catch small insects on the wing.
I'm quite enjoying trawling back and finding some nice old photos to convert and play with this week.

[Brigette]

He looks so stern!! Lovely edit

[CC Folk]

Beautiful!

[Monique]

Interesting and lovely portrait

[Lesley]

What a gorgeous bird, and beautiful processing.

[Poppo Livy]

Love frogmouths too. I believe their nearest relatives are the nightjars

[Valerie Chesney]

They are so gorgeous & always seem to look serious!

[Pam Knowler]

I love these birds!! I was thrilled when I saw one in a wildlife sanctuary in NZ many years ago.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely portrait !

[KV]

What a cool looking bird... it does look like an owl.

[Kate]

Definitely a stand-in for an owl...nice edit

[Babs]

I love tawny frogmouths too. fav

[Esther Rosenberg]

wow, his expression ! but what a wonderful shot.

[Mags]

Excellent!

[Joanne Diochon]

Wonderful capture and very cool, even if grumpy looking, bird.
What are those little white puffy looking balls on the branches?

[Merrelyn]

I love these guys, but rarely see them.

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Angry bird :-) Great tones

[Diana]

Beautiful capture and processing.

[Issi Bannerman]

Excellent.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture and a beautiful bird.

[Pat]

A beautiful capture, so lovely.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Love how you've done this edit. The owl is gorgeous.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@gardencat those are gum nuts 😊

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@merrelyn they camouflage so amazingly! the amount of times I find one and realise what sheer luck it was that I did see it at all ... 😊

[Nina Ganci]

Magnificent bird!
fav
Yes, he does look like an owl

[Jean]

wonderful capture!

[Milanie]

Really nicely converted

[haskar]

What a look! Great portrait and processing.

[gloria jones]

Super capture

[Junko Y]

That Tawny has such attitude -- or so it always seems with these birds. The photos I took of Tawnies were them asleep. I like the composition very much.

[Pearl (she/her)]

I love how tawny’s always seem to have so much attitude! Cranky little guy 😂

[LManning (Laura)]

Oh perfect. Love the composition, and you’ve definitely caught the personality!

[Lisa Savill]

Brilliant capture! I love the tawny frogmouths. My parents have frogmouths nesting at their place.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful ;)

[Bill]

Great shot. I would have sworn this was an owl.

[Sylvia]

The stare gave me a chuckle!

[Rick]

Wow, looks like a grumpy old man. :-) Great capture.

[Harry J Benson]

Great presentation

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Grumpy much?! What a cool bird and a fabulous image!

[Margo Sayer]

Wonderfully unsociable?

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot

[Fr1da]

This is so amazing in monochrome with the tones ..

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- I can see why they'd be so hard to spot- he really blends in!