Talk:Tawny frogmouth

message: One of the cool things about Tawny frogmouths is this camouflage and anyone who has seen one in the bush will agree but none of the images here demonstrate that. I think this article would be improved with a photo demonstrating their camouflage ability. I found an image  on wikimedia commons as a possible example. If any have some good photos demonstrating camouflage could they upload them? Yvori (talk) 14:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for mentioning this photo.  I have now added the photo to the article. Figaro (talk) 20:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Camouflage and Pictures 

message: An explanation of the meaning of "homologous" and "analogous" does not belong on this page. See homology (biology) and analogy (biology) for that. The comparison with owls is valid, but probably belongs on frogmouth. It also needs a reference. 203.26.123.208 (talk) 05:08, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homologous and Analogous Features 

message: The link to Jaren can't be correct, can it? (It refers to a municipality in Norway...) Should it really be to the Javan Frogmouth instead? Donal Fellows (talk) 15:22, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Link?

message: Should this "The Tawny Frogmouth is often thought to be an owl." read as say "The Tawny Frogmouth is often mistakenly called an owl." or - mistaken for an owl. I'm still uncertain what it is, although a subsequent section says that it is not an owl.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.113.165 (talk) 08:02, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Is it or is it not an owl?

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Podargus strigoides Bonorong.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on August 24, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-08-24. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng  {chat} 20:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Podargus strigoides Bonorong.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: This sentence is quite ridiculous in my opinion.
: "About 25 days after hatching, the chicks are ready to leave the nest and lead their own lives."
I observed a Tawny Frogmouth chick last year (and continuing into this year) from about the age of one month up to about 6 months. Only about 4 months after hatching was it ready to lead an independent life. Every night for months, the baby bird was growling to indicate that the parents must fetch food for it. At the age of 25 days, it was only ready to fall out of the nest, not even fly on its own, let alone get its own food. Apparently it is quite common that the baby birds try to fly before they are ready. Then they cannot get back into the nest, and the mother has to sit on top of it on the ground to protect it from other animals, as indicated on my own mediawiki web site.
For more than a month after the baby bird wandered out of the nest, the baby bird could not fly more than 1 metre upwards. Even when it could fly up to branches 4 metres above the ground, it took another couple of months to learn to catch its own food. If you look at my photo of 5-day-old chicks which I have added today, you will see how helpless these birds are when young. I will make photos when these two chicks are 25 days old — if they survive that long! (I am expecting that one or both of them will fall out of the nest and be eaten by the do next door, which is where the nest is.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alan U. Kennington (talk • contribs) 04:43, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tawny Frogmouth chicks ready to lead independent lives. 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Tawny-frogmouth.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 21, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-01-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng  {chat} 17:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Tawny-frogmouth.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I've just noticed this recent addition (2013-9-29) by 114.78.48.114.
: If approached by a predator or threat, the bird will compress its body to the floor, whilst holding it's large mouth wide open, bearing a toothless lemon yellow yet intimidating interior.
I've been observing several Tawny Frogmouths in the wild for more than 3 years, and in my opinion, that is not what the Tawny Frogmouths do when threatened. A Tawny Frogmouth will not "compress its body to the floor". They do the reverse. They stretch upwards and forwards. Also, the word "bearing" is in this case spelled "baring". I don't think that the inside of the mouth is "lemon yellow yet intimidating" either. The word "it's" is also incorrectly spelled. It should be "its". So in my opinion, this addition should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alan U. Kennington (talk • contribs) 09:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defensive behaviour 

message: Article looking good - working towards Good Article or Featured Article status serves as a "stable/consensus" version that can be helpful  in case of future vandalism or article erosion. Will make some comments below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:01, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the gallery. I replaced one other image on the page with an image of a frogmouth skull from gallery, as it seemed to be a more unique image than any other in the gallery. I think that further pruning is necessary, still. Pburka (talk) 13:39, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feedback