Posted on August 20, 2010 by Brizzieblog
With the arrival of spring, it is a dubious privilege in Brisbane to welcome the return of geckos tut-tutting in our air conditioning unit (every year we resolve to chase them out before they consume all the wiring). The geckos aren’t native to Australia (neither am I) but other visitors to our home who are locals are a Tawny Frogmouth pair who chose to breed in our garden for a few years.
In 2010 we were very pleased when they decided to build a very untidy nest right under our noses – in a bloodwood tree just a meter from our front deck.
We enjoyed watching them tend to their hatchlings with the utmost of devotion, as they did every season.
In case you don’t know what a Frogmouth is, here is a photo I took of the dad sitting on his new nest.