Vigilance

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On this morning's walk I was lucky enough to spot him ready to swoop again into the creek for a second dip.
Sadly the frog pond was hidden by reeds, tomorrow I'll choose a different vantage point in a bid to capture the action.

KOOKABURRA (after having just caught a frog)

[MJ224]

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Cool photo Mark, he does look a bit frog bound.....

Do you get those frogmouthed owls in your patch? I saw and videod a pair in Kinkumber about 10 years ago...

[Guest]

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Thanks Mark. Yes we do get the Tawny Frog Mouth here but damned hard to spot. As it happens, I was working the patch last week when a passer by stopped to tell me where he saw one; unfortunately I didn't know exactly where he was talking about, I'd be there in a heartbeat if I did.

[Zuiko]

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Nice shot, the frog must have been hopping mad!

[Guest]

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Nice shot, the frog must have been hopping mad!

So mad that he became cuisses de grenouilles.

[Jim Ford]

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Thanks Mark. Yes we do get the Tawny Frog Mouth here but damned hard to spot.

Easy enough to spot in the Cotswold Wildlife Park (posted previously!) :




Jim

[Guest]

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Hi Jim, is it a captive bird?
Our Frogmouths are wild birds, so camouflged that they blend with the tree.

[Jim Ford]

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Hi Jim, is it a captive bird?
Our Frogmouths are wild birds, so camouflged that they blend with the tree.

Yes, it's a captive bird in a zoo. It was sitting on the rail next to the path. A keeper came along and posted several mice into it. The coolest bird on the planet!

Jim

[Guest]

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Yes, it's a captive bird in a zoo. It was sitting on the rail next to the path. A keeper came along and posted several mice into it. The coolest bird on the planet!
Jim

Thanks Jim, well shooting captive birds is one way to build one's bird portfolio, I've not visited Melbourne zoo where I believe there's a substantial aviary. That said, my self imposed challenge is to shoot wild birds only, exercising a primeal hunter-gatherer instinct I think.

[Jim Ford]

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That said, my self imposed challenge is to shoot wild birds only, exercising a primeal hunter-gatherer instinct I think.

Yes, I agree with you that it's far more satisfying to get a wild shot, but we don't get many wild Tawny Frog Mouths in the UK (I wish we did)!

Jim

[Guest]

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Yes, I agree with you that it's far more satisfying to get a wild shot, but we don't get many wild Tawny Frog Mouths in the UK (I wish we did)! Jim

Have you forgotten about Sajid Javid?

[Ross the fiddler]

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That's a nice shot of the kookaburra Mark.

Hi Jim, is it a captive bird?
Our Frogmouths are wild birds, so camouflaged that they blend with the tree.

There were 'captive' ones in Featherdale Wildlife Park in the west of Sydney, but we were privileged to have one in our yard (well camouflaged except for the other birds annoying it) & the neighbours for a little while (I got some photos one day some years ago with one in my gallery). I've not seen any here again so far.

BTW, I hope you're surviving the flooding in the Wang at the moment. I hear the Hume Hwy is closed due to flooding.

[Guest]

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That's a nice shot of the kookaburra Mark.
There were 'captive' ones in Featherdale Wildlife Park in the west of Sydney, but we were privileged to have one in our yard (well camouflaged except for the other birds annoying it) & the neighbours for a little while (I got some photos one day some years ago with one in my gallery). I've not seen any here again so far.

BTW, I hope you're surviving the flooding in the Wang at the moment. I hear the Hume Hwy is closed due to flooding.
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Featherdale claims to have the largest collection of Aussie birds species in Oz, and that's a great shot of the tawny frogmouth. I've seen one only one in Tasmania. And yes Ross, we sure are copping some rain and as you've heard; many cars are trapped on the Hume and the rain is still bucketing down as I type. Luckily I knew it was coming this morning and made a dash to the supermarket for some essential food items to wait out the flood, like cream lamington cake!.

Thanks for the comment on the K'burra, although I think the shots of this particular bird are better in Kookaburra in Flight (KIF) thread.