This isn't the best picture because behind this tawny frogmouth is her baby. Unfortunately, the light wasn't good to get the right angle to capture both of them.
As you can see these birds blend in so well with the branches of the tree and aren't easy to spot.
I have come to the conclusion that they aren't the brightest birds either because if you look closely she is sitting on her nest. She didn't think that one through as she is about four times too big for the nest and poor baby is sitting on the branch next to her and not even in the nest at all.
Thanks so much to everyone who commented and fav'd yesterday's photo of the Red Browed Firetail and for putting it on the TP and the PP.
Ha ,ha such a dimwit !! Poor baby !! Perhaps she was trying to get him to fly !! A super capture Babs He/she blends in beautifully and is camouflaged against the tree trunk and branches ! -Nature is clever !
They are night birds related to the nightjar family, so spend most of the day just sleeping.