Last weekend a few friends and I went out owling again. The main reason we went out was to get a photo of the Masked Owl that my friends spotted and photographed here a few days earlier. It was seen in the Cootharaba area. They have now seen it three times in the last few weeks and they have got several photos of them. On the way to the area where the Masked Owl was found this Tawny Frogmouth was spotted in a tree overhanging the road. He is able to fly ok even though he has a damaged wing. The bird's left wing hangs down much lower than it should.
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| Tawny Frogmouth |
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| The Tawny Frogmouth checking me out |
After looking around the area for an hour or so we gave up on the Masked Owl and concentrated our efforts on the Owlet Nightjars that could be heard all around the area. The are extremely difficult to spot as they are very small and they throw their voice a long way from where you think they should be from their call. On top of that they are often higher up in the trees. We saw a few of them while we were looking and heard several others calling out. We managed to spotlight a few of them and get a couple of photos as well. The Owlet Nightjars in these photos were at least 25 - 30 meters from us but we still managed to get a couple of reasonable shots.
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| Owlet Nightjar |
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| The Owlet Nightjar from a different angle |
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| Another Owlet Nightjar |
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