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Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Common throughout the area and often found at night atop trees in gardens, parks and so on

Notes:

This was a surprising spotting, There were half a dozen birds with up to two to a tree in a very small grove and they were all making the their low purring "moop moop noise which is a lot like a pigeon cooing.

I broke one of my rules and used a flash on nocturnal birds and I still an unhappy about it

Reference Links:

Tawny Frogmouth, Tawny Frogmouth | BIRDS in BACKYARDS

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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Backyard Habitats of the World
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PublishedOctober 7, 2013

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