Dear all
When I was carrying out surveys on the Mallefowl transects at Gluepot
S.Australia in February/March/April 2002, there was one transect where I
regularly flushed Frogmouths roosting at the bases of mallee trees -
they were amazingly well camouflaged amongst the tangle of grey/black
leaves, bark and twigs and were quite tightly squeezed in under the
brancing boles of the mallee trees. However carefully I approached the
area where I knew they were likely to be, I never saw them until they
flew. In the nearby areas, there were tall trees suitable for roosting
high.
I also remember some years ago seeing a pair of Frogmouths roosting at
head height on a paperbark in Ann Lindsay's garden that backs on
Shortland Wetland Centre, near Newcastle, NSW.
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