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Yupra
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Awww how cute  I was lucky enough to see a wild baby frogmouth back home  They're so cute! |
Thursday August 9, 2007 4:16 am |
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jletaz
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Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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They look like owls! Are they related to the raptors? |
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Thursday August 9, 2007 4:45 am |
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shirin
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Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
They are closely related to nightjars: http://montereybay.com/creagrus/nightjars.html They don't have the large claws that owls have and they hunt with their beaks instead of their claws.
I hope I get to see them in the wild too while I'm in Australia.  |
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Thursday August 9, 2007 3:17 pm |
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Yupra
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
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I hope so shirin! I've been trying to look on the web for a map of Aus with where frogmouths are located.. but so far nada, all I keep getting is general info pages about frogmouths  I know they lived around my homeplace SE QLD, but I don't know about WA - hopefully Cheeta will know 
BTW, they are very hard to spot! They like to sit very still and imitate broken branches, and they're very good at it. The only thing that will give them away is a feather caught in the wind |
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Thursday August 9, 2007 5:38 pm |
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shirin
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Aw, so cute! Their plumage is really a perfect camouflage. |
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Thursday August 9, 2007 6:13 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7970
Location: Australia |
Hate to break the bubbles, I've never ever seen them in the wild before.  I dont know if we have them in WA or not. |
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Saturday August 11, 2007 3:00 am |
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Yupra
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeta
Hate to break the bubbles, I've never ever seen them in the wild before. I dont know if we have them in WA or not.
The species I used to see were the Tawny Frogmouths. My husband was lucky to see one when he was visiting Aus. a few years ago, I think she was teaching her fledgling to fly, because we found the baby not far away (of course we only looked and didn't get too close) it was a great experience |
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Saturday August 11, 2007 3:15 am |
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shirin
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Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
Are they a threatened species? |
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Saturday August 11, 2007 3:40 am |
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Yupra
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Location: CA |
Not as far as I know |
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Saturday August 11, 2007 4:48 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
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OHHH! What a cute pic! Never heard of them! |
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Tuesday October 2, 2007 8:00 am |
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