Super Parrot (not) and Tawny Frogmouth

[Robin Eckermann <>]

At 03:21 PM 19/09/2011, John Brannan wrote:
> If the behaviour of
> your Tawny Frogmouths is anything like those I've been watching up at the
> Pinnacle, then the other TF is almost certainly sitting on a nest in a
> nearby tree. Look around carefully, particularly at horizontal stretches
> of tree limb, possibly where a limb
> forks.

(and Martin also posted a similar message)

Indeed - the pair of them have been huddling together for more than a
month ... but I only spotted one today. I suspect you're right that the
other was nearby ... but in my struggle to keep up with my wife (who
stops for nothing on her morning walk), I didn't have time to look around
- it could have even been in the same tree. I'll have a more careful look
next time I go up the hill.

One of two of the neighbours who walk the same area reported to me last
year that a pair of TFs were using a mud nest that is within about 50m of
one of the other regular perches used by TFs - possibly originally
constructed by White-winged Choughs. This location is much lower on the
hill, and I haven't seen a TF at this perch for many months. I don't know
whether their reports were accurate or not, but the guides I use describe
a loosely constructed nest of sticks. Anyway, I'll keep an eye on the mud
nest this year too.

Regards ... Robin