Once at West Wyalong cemetery, I saw a Tawny Frogmouth roost a metre
off the ground on a fence and under. I walked up to it and gave it a pat. It
did not seem that bothered either.
Edwin
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From:
[ On Behalf Of Ricki Coughlan
Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2005 6:42
PM
To: Andrew Thelander;
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS]
Low-roosting frogmouths
We recently had a Tawny Frogmouth
roosting on a log in front of the Broome Bird Observatory office which was
about 10cm off the ground. The next day he was around 1 metre off the ground at
a nearby site and was frequently found roosting within 1.5 metres from the
ground on several occassions since.
"In my hand I held the most
remarkable of all living things, a creature of astounding abilities that elude
our understanding, of extraordinary, even bizarre senses, of stamina and
endurance far surpassing anything else in the animal world. . . . I held that
truly awesome enigma, a bird." (Fisher)
