Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

Wow. I had to look up what a tawny frogmouth is.
Might they be a danger to the little chicks?

I would have thought so, in the same way hawks and currawongs are.

 

[Ribh]

Is that an owl fluffy butt in that first picture?

Yep. Baby fluffy butt.

 

[BDutch]

I would have thought so, in the same way hawks and currawongs are.

The tawny frogmouth is not an owl.
Looked on Wikipedia.
Translation makes owl-night-swallow from the Dutch name. It’s is a nocturnal animal that hides in the green during the day and lives on all kinds of animals, such as beetles, lizards and small rodents. It doesn’t mention small birds.

The tawny frogmouth seems related to oilbirds and nightjars. Nightjars only eat insects and oilbirds eat fruits.

 

[Ribh]

Wow. I had to look up what a tawny frogmouth is.
Might they be a danger to the little chicks?

Possible. Mostly they eat insects, moths, centipedes, frogs, only occasionally small birds. I'd think they'd have to be short on their regular food to do it.

 

[Ribh]

The tawny frogmouth is not an owl.
Looked on Wikipedia.
Translation makes owl-night-swallow from the Dutch name. It’s is a nocturnal animal that hides in the green during the day and lives on all kinds of animals, such as beetles, lizards and small rodents. It doesn’t mention small birds.

The tawny frogmouth seems related to oilbirds and nightjars. Nightjars only eat insects and oilbirds eat fruits.

Quite right. It's not an owl but it is nocturnal.

 

[LozzyR]

Quite right. It's not an owl but it is nocturnal.

I learnt something new today!