Thanks for that correction. Oh well, a little lapse of my memory.
You are right and I have now found the item in the David Hollands book………
Still a good story……
Philip
From: martin cachard
[
Sent: Saturday, 15 December, 2018 10:08 AM
To: Philip Veerman;
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Who is the killer?
I
agree and don't see why frogmouths wouldn't be a part of the diets of our 2
very large owl species.
as
for your reference to the roosting Tawny Frogmouth doing this beside a
dependant young Powerful Owl: it was actually a Barn Owl and not a Tawny
Frogmouth that "paid for this discretion", and it was made by David
Hollands.
solar
whisper wildlife cruises,
&
trinty beach, cairns, fnq
From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf
of Philip Veerman <>
Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2018 9:34 AM
To: 'Gordon Claridge'; 'Robin and Rupert Irwin'
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Who is the killer?
I suggest it would be just weird if the Powerful Owl did not
feed on Tawny Frogmouth. Which is why I suggested it (combined with
Robin’s comment on the possum). They eat all manner of birds of that size
and bigger and smaller (not just possums). Although maybe, as the Tawny
Frogmouth is active at night, rather than most birds, that would be sleeping
when targeted, it might at least have a better chance of evading being taken. I
looked at HANZAB and the list is so long that I did not bother reading it all
to see if Tawny Frogmouth was included. Maybe someone else has more patience.
But I also recall seeing a photo years ago of a Tawny Frogmouth that roosted
beside a dependant young Powerful Owl with the comment something like “it
paid for this indiscretion with its life”. I thought (may be wrong) that
was from David Fleay but it is not in his book. I wonder if anyone else knows
where this was published.
Philip
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