Tawny frogmouth lying on the ground, then flying away. Part 2 of 2

In part one we saw the tawny frogmouth lying on ground. Here, we continue the story, and thinking it might have heat exhaustion, try to provide it with some cooling water nearby. However, this causes more fright than relief, resulting in it flying to a nearby perch and assuming, at times, the camouflage position. It remained in that perch until nightfall, about six hours later, and was agitated for the first hour of that time. However, the new perch, unlike where it had come from, was in the shade, which must have helped.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Tawny frogmouth
• heat
• Cremorne
• backyard
• lying on ground
• camouflage position
• perch
• wings spread
• playing dead
• owl

[warlikegt]

es una porqueria

[PoesKlap133]

Its sun bathing

[lossetta93]

._. it kinda looks like it was maybe sun tanning? or it was sick...

[jasmineyvaginey]

It was obviously unwell. This is very unusual behaviour for a 'healthy' tawny. I hope it got better. You are very priveledged to have a family of them in your area! Enjoy while you can.

[dandan1986]

it's nice that you tried to help.

i'm curious as to why it was doing that though..