Cross-posted from “Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)” by @[email protected] in [email protected]
This was taken in near total darkness, with a hand held, 300mm 1 second exposure. I love this camera and lens!
And thank you to the Tawny, who was happy staying perfectly still for my long exposure :)
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Owls would begrudgingly approve of their stick mimicry.
Also, stop sleeping on the nightjar family. Suspected of being closer relatives to our owl friends, and they have some great examples like this dragon-bird hybrid, the Great Eared Nightjar.
A stick dragon bird (* __ *) You should post this picture on [email protected] as the perfect pet!
Potoo is another stick bird. I couldn’t find any with the babies doing it, but I find a baby potoo learning how to play stick early on.
That’s a baby Night Fury
It sure looks the part!