Roosting places of Tawny Frogmouths

[Tony Maher <>]

Hi we have lived at current property at Clarence Town (Hunter Valley NSW) for 20 years and we have always had a resident pair of tawny frogmouths over that period. They invariably occupy 3-4 different roosts in the gum trees around our house within 20m of each other. They tend to stay in one tree for 2-3 months at a time and then change. It is great to see them with their young every year with 2-3 being the usual number. It is always very easy to find them visually or by their booming call around dusk. They are a great addition to the property. 

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 4:57 pm, Penny Brockman <> wrote:

I’ve seen them roosting at base of mallee trees at Gluepot when doing surveys in the Birdseye block April 2002

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Penny Brockman

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020, at 1:10 PM, Gary Wright wrote:

Not perhaps directly relevant but they also roost on the ground up against the trunk of a tree.

Gary

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 11:27, <m("bigpond.com","marann671");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Hi all,

 

I watched a pair of Tawny Frogmouths (virtually always together: on the odd occasion, only one was present) roosting near Govetts Leap in the Upper Blue Mountains. My first observation was made (and photo record) was on 17 March and, several hundred photos later, the last time I saw at least one was 22 May.

 

Colleagues had reported their presence sometime before 17 March.  I observed them on a regular almost daily basis. They seemed to predominantly occupy one roost although on two or three occasions they had moved some 50 meters to another. They seemed to have gone now.

 

Can anyone direct me to any journal articles on their roosting behaviour or comment?

 

Many thanks

 

David in Blackheath

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