Can you recognize this fella?

[dom14]

Hey Guys,

I took these photos last night, just before midnight or so.
Can you recognize him?
He flew out of the tree he was hiding to the telephone wire right in front of me, as the fella's
trying to get a good look at me or the cats on the ground.

What would you call this little predator?

He sure looked grumpy to me... :)

[MB]

G'day Dom, it's a bit hard to tell on the little iphone screen but maybe a 'tawny frogmouth' mate?

[Bob]

I agree a Tawny Frogmouth

[threedogs]

Hey Dom do you you live next to a Zoo lol
x 3 with the others

[dom14]

G'day Dom, it's a bit hard to tell on the little iphone screen but maybe a 'tawny frogmouth' mate?

Yeah mate, you are right. I thought it looked bit odd for an owl, eyes weren't quite big & 100% forward facing like an owl, but it was able turn his head backwards like an owl.
Nice looking bird though. I like his grumpy looking face. :D

[dom14]

Hey Dom do you you live next to a Zoo lol
x 3 wjth the others

Nah, just the damn suburbs. :)
I wish I live next to a zoo. :D
I'm an amateur birder, as you can see.. I know very little about them. :D
Whoever named this bird "Tawny Frogmouth" was a genius. :clapping:

[clubbyr8]

Definitely a Tawny Frogmouth.....

[dom14]

Definitely a Tawny Frogmouth.....

Just like the one in your profile picture? :)

[clubbyr8]

Just like the one in your profile picture? :)

:) Yep... :)

[threedogs]

Ive a large flock of long billed Corella flying around ATM, they are feeding
on all the Conifer trees in the area. Normally there are rainbow Lorikeet eating
all the flowers on the lemon scented gum tree outside my place.

[dom14]

I've noticed huge gatherings of Rainbow lorikeets(I think) in shopping center trees during windy storms, in early spring to mid spring.
The combined noise of them was deafening. Even though I video recorded them, I couldn't get a clear picture of any without a strong flashlight into the bushy branches of the tree, but I recorded their noisy chattering clearly. I'm not sure the reason, but I guess it's a gathering to protect themselves from the windy storm.

[dom14]

Ive a large flock of long billed Corella flying around ATM, they are feeding
on all the Conifer trees in the area. Normally there are rainbow Lorikeet eating
all the flowers on the lemon scented gum tree outside my place.

I can't say I've sighted Long billed Corellas much, even though sulfur crested ones are the most prolific sight around here with occasional "pink crested cockatoos" mostly in pairs or occasionally three or four.
I'm at lost how the speciation happened for two type of cockatoos looks similar other than behaviour & looks.
I'm guessing they were in largely separated areas before climate change moved them to cohabit same areas.
Not unlike the blonde hair in europe & blonde hair in southern hemisphere natives, which were evolved independently with totally different mutations of genes. It's fascinating what nature comes up with, given enough time.

[threedogs]

dom14 Pink crested would be Major Mitchell great looking parrot
and not related at all to the sulfur crested.
I think all the gum trees are in flower at the moment along with the conifers
so plenty of food around

[dom14]

dom14 Pink crested would be Major Mitchell great looking parrot
and not related at all to the sulfur crested.
I think all the gum trees are in flower at the moment along with the conifers
so plenty of food around

Yeah, probably not in immediate terms, but I suspect they were some time ago and branched out to produce two separate species, or it's possible they were not related at all, as you say. If they've done a genome project on them, they can tell whether they are closely related or distantly related or not related at all. But, I think all parrot species are related, all around the world. They are different branch of birds with a highly developed brain, I think. Sulfur crested can live up to 120 years. Remarkable, considering no human can live that long, afaik. Nature wouldn't give him a lifespan that long unless it has a well above average bird brain. In the wild, they are not likely to live that long, of course.
I'm fascinated by the emotional response of sulfur crested cockatoos. It's on par with cats and dogs and in some sense even more intelligent I reckon. I was able to develop a friendship with a one which wouldn't come anywhere closer to me initially but gradually became good mates.
I just couldn't give him a permanent home 'cos of my feline mate. :)