BirdFiles Pictures: Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

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kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)

January 04, 2009
04:44 PM
Post #5965731
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/1288/

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Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 25, 2009
01:05 AM
Post #6862364
Can't say this is a pretty bird, but will say it has great camoflage!!
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)

July 25, 2009
08:06 AM
Post #6862790
It certainly has! It poses itself so that it looks like a dead broken off branch and becomes almost invisible.
gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
(Zone 9b)
November 04, 2009
07:05 AM
Post #7239871
These birds freak me out, but you are right about the broken branch...hard to see the bird.

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