The Tawny Frogmouth is a excellent flyer who sleeps during the day, looking like a tree branch.
They are night hunters and will often come back to the same branch for days on end.
We noticed one almost above our tent years ago, and the next day it was sitting, sleeping facing the other way...
We did not make much noise during the day and only sat in the early evening for a short while before going to bed.
It was nice to read in the evening, but our lamp was not the best and not the easiest to read with, so we hit the sack early, getting up at the crack of dawn the next day.
It sure was nice to be able to spot one of those birds, as they looked just like a short stubby branch during the day.
We saw our Tawny Frogmouths along the Annabranch of the Darling River and along the Darling River itself.
Yes, Steffen, stone does not normally go too far. But here in Christchurch, we have had many of the old stone buildings fall down during the earthquakes we have been having in this part of Canterbury.
With loss of life too, and millions of dollars of damage to our homes and land.
We have a lot of houses that have been damaged on the outside or the concrete floor has been badly damaged. Then they jack the building up, (a bit like this one) then removed the damaged foundation/floor etc. And replace the concrete and lower the building back down...
A lot of places in ChCh are going to have that done, when all these blooming aftershocks finish.
Cheers from the eastern side of Christchurch - Peter B
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Belle lumière sur un tres intéressant cadrage, j'aime.Amitiés Marc
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...yes, and they open tin cans too...
A forest park worker, sleeping in his tent in Tassie in the 1970's, was woken up by one of these fellas opening a can of peaches.
It then woolfed to contents of the can down before heading off into the night!
Peaches for breakfast? Yep! They have very powerfull jaws... and can crunch through bone like it was a little twig.
Yes, keep your hands away from its mouth! Bu the are very quick... "pity about that little finger, Mate!"
Peterbnz
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The Tawny Frogmouth is a excellent flyer who sleeps during the day, looking like a tree branch.
They are night hunters and will often come back to the same branch for days on end.
We noticed one almost above our tent years ago, and the next day it was sitting, sleeping facing the other way...
We did not make much noise during the day and only sat in the early evening for a short while before going to bed.
It was nice to read in the evening, but our lamp was not the best and not the easiest to read with, so we hit the sack early, getting up at the crack of dawn the next day.
It sure was nice to be able to spot one of those birds, as they looked just like a short stubby branch during the day.
We saw our Tawny Frogmouths along the Annabranch of the Darling River and along the Darling River itself.
Peter
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Yes, Steffen, stone does not normally go too far. But here in Christchurch, we have had many of the old stone buildings fall down during the earthquakes we have been having in this part of Canterbury.
With loss of life too, and millions of dollars of damage to our homes and land.
We have a lot of houses that have been damaged on the outside or the concrete floor has been badly damaged. Then they jack the building up, (a bit like this one) then removed the damaged foundation/floor etc. And replace the concrete and lower the building back down...
A lot of places in ChCh are going to have that done, when all these blooming aftershocks finish.
Cheers from the eastern side of Christchurch - Peter B
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