10/9/2004: Tawny Frogmouth's mouth

Undertoad · 10-09-2004, 12:15 PM

Too scary for a Friday image. The bird is an Australian Tawny Frogmouth, the meal is a mouse, it's feeding time at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

The official cap says this bird's mouth is camouflaged to look like dry leaves and twigs. Okay.

Guess · 10-09-2004, 12:20 PM

whoa! yikes! gross! bleh!

Trilby · 10-09-2004, 01:40 PM

the owl looks happy.

ukamikanasi · 10-09-2004, 04:17 PM

Actually, a frogmouth is not an owl. Also, it's the bird itself that looks like a pile of dead leaves when sitting on the ground. Here's a picture of two in a tree:

<a href="http://www.honoluluzoo.org/tawny_frogmouth.htm">http://www.honoluluzoo.org/tawny_frogmouth.htm</a>

Undertoad · 10-09-2004, 04:59 PM

Thanks for the correction!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-09-2004, 07:26 PM

Now that, is a very strange bird.

At least they don't have to worry about miliners and Mummers.

bluesdave · 10-10-2004, 01:40 AM

I have a pair of Frogmouths that live around my place. They are nocturnal birds, and I often see one when I put the garbage out at night. They are very peaceful birds. Unfortunately they are classed as endangered due to their habitat being destroyed by man.

York · 10-10-2004, 03:30 AM

a kind ive never heard off!

richlevy · 10-10-2004, 08:21 AM

It looks like some kind of Muppet. Interesting example of evolution.

onetrack · 10-12-2004, 12:21 AM

bluesdave is right .. they are nocturnal, and also very docile .. they specialise in shutting their eyes, never moving, and imitating pieces of dead wood .. which they do perfectly.
You can stand alongside them and not see them, with the right background.

Unfortunately, they are also ready to become an endangered species, due to their docility, and predation by animals such as cats and foxes. Land clearing has also reduced their habitat.
Scroll down this page to see some really good pics of them ..

http://www.bluemountains.net/birds/bird.asp?bird_id=96

Members of the podargus family, with several species, related more to nightjars than owls, they are spread from India, through S.E. Asia, to Australia ..

Here's a classic pic ..

Cyber Wolf · 10-12-2004, 06:50 AM

See, that's how nature says "I'm not here."

mmmBoy · 10-13-2004, 12:20 PM

I'll stick to Tawny Kitaen...

10-09-2004, 12:15 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/9/2004: Tawny Frogmouth's mouth Too scary for a Friday image. The bird is an Australian Tawny Frogmouth, the meal is a mouse, it's feeding time at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. The official cap says this bird's mouth is camouflaged to look like dry leaves and twigs. Okay.

10-09-2004, 12:20 PM	#2
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	whoa! yikes! gross! bleh! __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

10-09-2004, 01:40 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	the owl looks happy. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-09-2004, 07:26 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Now that, is a very strange bird. At least they don't have to worry about miliners and Mummers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2004, 01:40 AM	#7
bluesdave Getting older every day Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 308	I have a pair of Frogmouths that live around my place. They are nocturnal birds, and I often see one when I put the garbage out at night. They are very peaceful birds. Unfortunately they are classed as endangered due to their habitat being destroyed by man. __________________ History is a great teacher; it is a shame that people never learn from it.

10-09-2004, 04:17 PM	#4
ukamikanasi Complex Simpleton Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 18	Actually, a frogmouth is not an owl. Also, it's the bird itself that looks like a pile of dead leaves when sitting on the ground. Here's a picture of two in a tree: <a href="http://www.honoluluzoo.org/tawny_frogmouth.htm">http://www.honoluluzoo.org/tawny_frogmouth.htm</a>

10-09-2004, 04:59 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks for the correction!

10-10-2004, 03:30 AM	#8
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	a kind ive never heard off!

10-10-2004, 08:21 AM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	It looks like some kind of Muppet. Interesting example of evolution. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-12-2004, 12:21 AM	#10
onetrack Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Western Australia Posts: 99	tawny frogmouth bluesdave is right .. they are nocturnal, and also very docile .. they specialise in shutting their eyes, never moving, and imitating pieces of dead wood .. which they do perfectly. You can stand alongside them and not see them, with the right background. Unfortunately, they are also ready to become an endangered species, due to their docility, and predation by animals such as cats and foxes. Land clearing has also reduced their habitat. Scroll down this page to see some really good pics of them .. http://www.bluemountains.net/birds/bird.asp?bird_id=96 Members of the podargus family, with several species, related more to nightjars than owls, they are spread from India, through S.E. Asia, to Australia .. Here's a classic pic .. Attached Images __________________ Illiterate??? - Not a problem! Write today for more information!! ....

10-12-2004, 06:50 AM	#11
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	See, that's how nature says "I'm not here." __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

10-13-2004, 12:20 PM	#12
mmmBoy El Queso Grande Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 54	I'll stick to Tawny Kitaen...

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