Why they are called FROGmouths

[martin butterfield <>]

I have just been outside with the small dog and briefly shone a torch at the frogmouth's nest.  This revealed the two chicks sitting all alone.

The small dog then displayed interest in a eucalypt halfway between the nest tree and a dam.  I shone the torch up there, expecting to find a Brush-tailed possum and instead found an adult Tawny Frogmouth with a frog (presumably deceased) in its beak.  As I was some 10m away I can only assume this was a Pobblebonk since other local frogs would be too small to see at that range.

After putting the small dog back indoors I took another look at the nest site to find an adult was back there, feeding the young.  I rapidly turned off the torch and joined the dog indoors.

Martin.