Tawny Frogmouth - Podargus strigoides

[Donkees]

Joep Buijs

The nocturnal Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a master of disguise. This disguise and camouflage is assembled through a combination of stretched bodies, flattened and coloured feathers, narrowing their eyelids to obscure their yellow eyes and an uncanny ability to stay absolutely still and quiet. Generally perching low down on tree branches during the day, often angling their feet along the tree trunk, the Tawny Frogmouth can easily pass as a dead branch.

https://www.lfwseq.org.au/a-master-of-disguise/

[Easterncedar]

1. Cloak of invisibility? Who needs it!?