Tawny Frogmouth

Tawny frogmouths are often mistaken for owls because of their nocturnal habits, but they aren't owls, they are more closely related to nightjars.

They are Australian native birds and are quite difficult to spot because they blend in so well with the trees, especially when their eyes are closed.

This tawny frogmouth thankfully had its eyes open and my friend spotted it first while we were out walking a few days ago.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Poppo Livy]

Love these guys. Nice shot babs

[Wylie]

one of my favs, well spotted and shot!

[Kathy A]

He certainly is blending in well there

[julia]

Certainly well camouflaged.. I guess his Mother loves him. Not the prettiest of birds.

[Chris Cook]

Could have fooled me, it sure looks like an owl. I have never heard of a tawny frogmouth. Very well spotted.

[Diana]

Well spotted and beautifully captured! Another thing they seem to have in common with owls, are their eyes.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh I love these birds

[Casablanca]

Oh I do like your frogmouths! Amazing jurassic looking owls

[Issi Bannerman]

FANTASTIC!

[Joan Robillard]

Boy does he blend in with the tree

[Pam Knowler]

Oh I love these birds! Wonderful capture! Great to see him with his eyes open!

[Peter]

Amazing how well he blends in great image Babs well spotted:)

[Denise Wood]

I love them :) fav

[leggzy]

He has an unusual look in his eye...lol
Lovely capture

[Valerie Chesney]

I so like these lovely birds...there is a family in the bush near one of our lakes & if we are lucky we find them..

[Dione Giorgio]

Fascinating bird. It could easily be taken as a branch of a tree. He seems to be watching you - and closely too.

[Faye Turner]

Great capture

[Susan Wakely]

Cute looking bird and very owl like.

[Susie]

Great capture

[KV]

Cool looking bird… so interesting.

[Joyce Lancaster]

Great shot Babs.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

I was going to say this is a big hoot, but as you say not an owl. Nice capture though. FAV

[LManning (Laura)]

Great capture.

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture, fav

[Tunia McClure]

His feathers really do look like bark.

[Bep]

What a fantastic capture!

[carol white]

A super capture,he blends in with the tree bark.Fav🙂

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[haskar]

Great capture. Love it.

[George]

What an amazing creature. Great capture

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful bird greatly captured.

[CAT Carter19]

Wow what a cool bird never seen one before he blends in nicely with the tree bark - thanks for sharing!

[Islandgirl]

Wow he does blend in............. like an owl!

[Ryan]

It blends in so well with the tree. I would have thought owl for certain!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

That is so interesting. I thought he looked like an owl. Great capture.

[Carrie Shepeard]

Excellent capture! I definitely thought it was an owl! Thank you for the background on this bird.

[Bill]

Such a cool looking bird. Love those eyes. Really nice clean capture.

[Shutterbug]

Terrific shot. The feathers sure do seem to have a similar texture to the tree.

[Babs]

@bkbinthecity @bkbinthecity @terryliv @pusspup @kjarn @julzmaioro @cdcook48 @ludwigsdiana @koalagardens @casablanca @jamibann @joansmor @pamknowler @gilbertwood @leggzy @happysnaps @sangwann @fayefaye @wakelys @susie1205 @kvphoto @thistle01 @ladymagpie @ljmanning @craftymeg @tunia @gijsje @carolmw @elisasaeter @haskar @gaf005 @pyrrhula @catcarter19 @radiogirl @ryan161 @mittens @cashep19 @cwbill @shutterbug49 Thanks. I love tawny frogmouths and we hear them regularly at night in our garden. They make the strangest call.
Here is a link if you are interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV4490PDqLg

[KoalaGardens🐨]

they do - the second book in the series about the animals on my property features the story of a tawny 🤗

[Ingrid]

What a great photo of such an interesting bird! Well spotted too!

[Casablanca]

@onewing What an amazing call they have and you can’t see their beaks move!