Tawny Frogmouth

I am pleased you enjoyed my Hunter Valley Gardens Lights photos. I will post some of the ones with a Christmas theme closer to the big day.

While we were out with our walking group in bushland last Thursday, one of our walking group spotted this tawny frogmouth in a tree. They blend in so well that I was amazed she spotted him.

A tawny frogmouth is a species of frogmouth native to Australia. Because of their big heads, stocky build and nocturnal habits they are often mistaken for owls.

I was quite surprised to see this chap with his eyes open, but he was probably keeping his eye on the people who were photographing him.

Once we moved on he probably went back to sleep until night time.

[Kathy A]

Great capture, so well camouflaged

[gloria jones]

Wow...super capture, light...neat how the owl blends in with the tree

[Margo Sayer]

What a remarkable bird, and what great pleasure to get this shot.

[Helen Sanderson]

wow...you got his attention!!! great photo

[Valerie Chesney]

What a capture Babs, look at those eyes...Fav

[Pam Knowler]

I love these birds! What a fabulous face with those enormous eyes! Well spotted and so well captured! Fav!

[Lynda McG]

He blends in so well - looks great on black!

[Denise Wood]

What a favtastic find :) Great capture!

[ChristineL]

Great capture, so well camoflauged!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Isn't he gorgeous and so well camouflaged -- fav

[Peter]

He blends in well with the surroundings you did well to pick him out, lovely capture Babs

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. He blends so well with the tree trunk that you can hardly pick him out.

[Margo]

Looks very sad

[sally agnew]

He is watching intently, hoping he is left in peace again. Nice find and capture Babs :)

[Wendy]

So lovely :-) what a great picture!

[Peter Dulis]

Beautiful capture ...

[Hazel]

He does have great camouflage and his feathers look almost to be made of wood. Well captured, nice eyes.

[Taffy]

Wow -- this is an incredible looking bird! So well captured to show how he blends with the tree.

[Merrelyn]

Great shot Babs, but he looks so sad :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, great find and capture.

[Sue Cooper]

A fabulous capture. Fav

[Ann Williams]

He really blends in with the bark Babs. Well spotted.

[Tremerryn]

A great capture - he blends in so well.

[Henri Russell]

Great capture. He looks like he is really giving you the eye.

[Jennifer]

excellent capture

[Margaret Brown]

Brilliant capture, fav

[Claude Trew]

Good camouflage. Well spotted and captured.

[carol white]

A fabulous capture. Fav!! 😀

[Casablanca]

That is a fabulous shot - what a great face they have! Always remind me of stone.

[Pat Knowles]

Uncanny the way he is the same textures & colours of the tree! Only those beautiful piercing golden eyes give him away!

[Suzanne]

Wow, I've never heard of them. I would definitely thought he was an owl, always nice to learn something new :)

[Debbie]

Well done for spotting this guy. They really blend in so well with the trees. Great shot.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful capture of this beautiful bird , Fav.

[HelenM]

Striking camouflage of the feathers. What a curious bird.

[Kathie]

Great capture and so interesting. Eyes look almost human

[Babs]

@kjarn @seattlite @s4sayer @hrs @happysnaps @pamknowler @lyndamcg @gilbertwood @inthecloud5 @beryl @pcoulson @sangwann @777margo @hermann @photohoot @pdulis @quietpurplehaze @taffy @merrelyn @mittens @susiemc @flowerfairyann @tremerryn @henrir @jesperani @craftymeg @claudiet @carolmw @casablanca @happypat @suzanne234 @deborah63 @pyrrhula @helenm2016 @kathiecb Thanks, I am so pleased that Helen spotted him on our walk. He does blend in so well and they are not easy to spot. Luckily he opened his eyes and that made him slightly more visible. I am sure he went back to sleep once we left because they are night birds.
He wouldn't have been disturbed too much Sally after we walked on because we were in rather a remote part of the bushland.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Sue]

Amazing camouflage - it just looks like the tree trunk

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture!

[Lois]

Great capture with his eyes open! His face is so cute- looks like a cartoon character!

[Jessika Panteleios]

Amazing capture and bird. Fav!

[KWind]

Wow... what a great shot!

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful shot, fav!

[Karly]

Great image and strange looking bird. I love him!

[Gayle]

Wow! Amazing capture! Fav! :-)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

What an amazing and fascinating bird! Sure looks like an owl to me! haha Excellent capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Connie Little]

Great shot of this fabulous owl, Fav.

[Ingrid]

Great picture! Great find! He really blends in well!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Look how he blends in with the tree! Wow!

[Poppo Livy]

fabulous birds.

[Lee]

I bet he's hard to spot amongst the trees. Good shot.

[Rachel]

Excellent camouflage! Well spotted.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...Fav

[Annie D]

What a beauty ☺

[Taffy]

Great to see this on TT!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations on this making it to the Top Twenty Babs! Very deserving!

[ChristineL]

So pleased to see this on TT, Babs :)

[Lou Ann]

Congratulations on this being on the TT! So wonderful!