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Tawny Frogmouths

To: "'Philip Veerman'" <>, "'Glassco'" <>
Subject: Tawny Frogmouths
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:15:31 +1030

Well Philip, I’ve seen a Boobook perched on the wires of a Hills hoist.  Gloucester River caravan park.

 

Tony Russell

 

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From: [ On Behalf Of Philip Veerman
Sent: Saturday, 19 March 2005 5:01 PM
To: Glassco
Cc: Birding-aus (E-mail)
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Tawny Frogmouths

 

Hi Janet,

 

Well what surprises me about your message is: I wonder how a Tawny Frogmouth with what I would have thought to be weak feet, would be able to perch on something as thin as an aerial. I have never seen one perched on a thin branch, only on main branches. Did they look comfortable? From what you saw, my guess is they could equally likely be a pair, parent and offspring, just friends keeping in touch or rivals on a territorial boundary. Do Tawny Frogmouths have much vocabulary beyond "oom"? 

 

Philip

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