Tawny Frogmouth

Some wide angle views of a very confiding Tawny Frogmouth. They are often called Frogmouth owl but are actually related to Nightjars. They are usually nocturnal and have excellent camouflage. The Tawny Frogmouth feeds on rats, mice, cicadas, beetles, frogs and other small prey. They catch their prey with their beaks rather than with their talons, another way in which they are different from owls. The gape is amazing and eyelashes and facial hairs presumably help them to be silent at night. The Frogmouth could see itself in my Fisheye lens and its own eye appeared also to be very convex and may well have 180 degree vision also