Common Potoo

Hiding at the end of a vertical snag in "Cryptic Pose"

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Nice clear shots Mike, what a wild looking bird. it sure does have great cammo, I could walk right on by I would imagine. Great job!

I've never seen anything like that before, very cool. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

Great shot, he'd be hard to see until he moved.

Fowlhunter wrote in post #16991076
I've never seen anything like that before, very cool. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

I hadn't even heard of it. Wikipedia says its related to the Frogmouth. You can tell that from photo 3. It would be nice to know where this was taken.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I was fortunate enough to spend 2 weeks in Costa Rica in April. This was taken in the Osa Peninsula very near the Piro Research Center. I stumbled on this place just wondering around looking for birds. http://osaconservation​.org/

What a great find, and well photographed too! I also thought it resembled the Frogmouth when I first saw your photos.

Wow what an interesting looking bird. Great set.

SJC from VT wrote in post #16992551
What a great find, and well photographed too! I also thought it resembled the Frogmouth when I first saw your photos.

butterfly2937 wrote in post #16992635
Wow what an interesting looking bird. Great set.

Thanks