Tawny Fogmout

[Riverlander]

Female sitting on eggs in her rough nest in a malle tree. She sits there, out in the open, wind or rain, for days and days.

[Desertraptor]

Nice capture
They are an amazing bird

[canonloader]

Excellent shot. She looks like a piece of old bark peeled up. :)

[Stephen Stephen]

Nice capture of a very strange looking bird.

[Nighthound]

Wow, very cool bird. I tried to read up on it but did not find anything. Is this a nightjar?

Thanks for sharing, I've never seen this one before, not even in books.

NH

[zippy25]

Interesting looking bird. Nice shot...

[Riverlander]

Thanks for the comments. These birds are a very easy subject IF YOU CAN FIND THEM. Fortunately they normally return to the same spot each year.
They are a nightjar -- here is a link
http://birding.about.com/od/birdsfrogmouths/a/frogmouth.htm

[Oldsilver]

Fascinating! I've never seen one of these before.

[Riverlander]

The Tawny Frogmouth is restricted to Australia

[MicheleRF]

Great shot of an odd looking but fascinating bird!