Big Eyes

[asnow]

Wow, that second one is amazing. Love the detail and those eyes.

[Bambi]

excellent shots of a very weird looking bird

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks asnow and Bambi

[Hillbillygirl]

Another vote for that second shot MA. Beautiful capture.
I could not help but see the uncanny resemblance to our Nighthawks here. They look, and act similar. Catching insects at night with huge gaping mouths.

[Mad Aussie]

Another vote for that second shot MA. Beautiful capture.
I could not help but see the uncanny resemblance to our Nighthawks here. They look, and act similar. Catching insects at night with huge gaping mouths.

Thanks HBG.
Yes, they are very similar to Owls but there are several differences that make them more closely related to Nightjars than owls.

From wiki ...

The Tawny Frogmouth is almost exclusively insectivorous, feeding rarely on frogs and other small prey.[2] They catch their prey with their beaks rather than with their talons, another way in which they are different from owls. Owls fly around at night hunting food, but Tawny Frogmouths generally remain sitting very still on a low perch, and wait for food to come to them. They catch prey with their beaks, and sometimes drop from their perch onto the prey on the ground.
Tawny Frogmouths and owls both have anisodactyl feet - meaning that one toe is facing backwards and the other three face forwards. However, owls’ feet are much stronger than the feet of the Tawny Frogmouth as owls use their feet to catch their prey. Owls are also able to swing one of their toes around to the back (with a unique flexible joint) to get a better grip on their prey. Tawny Frogmouths have fairly weak feet as they use their beaks to catch their prey. Owls eat small mammals, like mice and rats, so their bones are shorter and stronger than those of Tawny Frogmouths which usually hunt smaller prey. Tawny Frogmouths typically wait for their prey to come to them, only rarely hunting on the wing like owls.