tawny frogmouths that flush

Yep, they flush on my place (SEQ, 500m).

Judith L-A

> Birding aus
> people
>  
> On my recent
> three walk walkign trip in Arnhem land-July 2004, the leader of the
> trip stated that a tawny frogmouth had flushed froma tree in front of
> him. As he was not a birdo and every  previous tawny frogmouth
> that I had ever seen sat tight as can be, I didn't believe him and
> assumed that he was confusing the bird with a boobook.  However
> on three occassions over the rest of the walk, I saw tawny frogmouths
> flush from trees, that we were sitting by or I was walking
> towards.
>  
> Has anyone
> else ever had experiences with flushing tawny
> frogmouths?
>  
> Gary

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Judith L-A
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