{"id":2916,"date":"2016-12-18T20:21:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T12:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2916"},"modified":"2017-04-04T22:38:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:38:10","slug":"tawny-frogmouth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2916","title":{"rendered":"Tawny Frogmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2918\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"tawny-frogmouth\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth-768x1031.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Tawny Frogmout<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Podargus strigoides<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 34-52 cm.<br \/>\nThis wonderful Australian endemic is so well camouflaged that is not often seen. Roosting during the day, it will often avoid detection by freezing in a pose resembling a broken tree branch. They feed on the ground at night, mostly on large insects but they will also take mice.<br \/>\nThe nest is a very flimsy structure and young birds can easily fall out. Clutch size is one to three; when a young leaves the nest the parents will initially roost close by for protection.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Tawny Frogmouth&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2916 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2920'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenile-P1040692ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2919'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenileparent_1451ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenileparent_1451ct-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenileparent_1451ct-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenileparent_1451ct-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-juvenileparent_1451ct-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2911'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Family_1409ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2912'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tawny-Frogmouth-Pair-ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Drawings kindly provided by Pam and photography by David Free and other artists where noted. The audio clips provided by David Secomb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tawny Frogmout Podargus strigoides Length: 34-52 cm. This wonderful Australian endemic is so well camouflaged that is not often seen. Roosting during the day, it will often avoid detection by freezing in a pose resembling a broken tree branch. They feed on the ground at night, mostly on large insects but they will also take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2916","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3753,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2916\/revisions\/3753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}