<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ee2c4e90-2a3e-49f9-b3ee-8fc43ee93fef/1CBE9E16-8F5F-4B9A-A162-7EA2C2AEE639/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132" href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132" style="font-size: 11px;">www.environmentalgraffiti.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><H2 class="singleh2"><A rel="bookmark" href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132" title="Permanent Link to Tawny Frogmouths: The Lazy Skunks of the Skies">Tawny Frogmouths: The Lazy Skunks of the Skies</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/3D33C4DF-EB88-4A85-A459-C31BEA733FDC" alt="frogmouth chicks" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><P>Tawny frogmouths spend their days lazily perched on branches, their eyes tightly shut to give casual passersby the illusion that they’re looking at nothing more than any old tree. Taking pictures of them with their eyes open therefore requires patience, a good lens or gaining the bird’s confidence. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><P><STRONG>A proud parent with offspring:</STRONG> <IMG alt="Frogmouth and chicks" src="http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/15319/2334881340104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" /> Image: <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tawny_Frogmouth_With_Young.jpg">Skewmeister</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><P>Tawny frogmouths (<EM>Podargus strigoides</EM>) are often thought to be owls but they are more closely related to nightjars and oilbirds. They are natives of Australia, including Tasmania, and southern New Guinea. Unlike owls that hunt for food on long flights during the night, tawny frogmouths perch on low branches and sit very still, waiting for food to come to them. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><P><STRONG>Hungry? No thanks, I just ate a mouse:</STRONG> <IMG alt="Mouse" src="http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/37373/2917540670104237032S425x425Q85.jpg" class="noscale" /> Image: <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TawnyFrogmouthEatingMouse.JPG">Haniver</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/7D1D65A5-8D69-4246-8658-B52925F62E2F" alt="Wide-eyed" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><STRONG>Little fluff balls Hoover and Sawyer born at Seaworld, Orlando in January:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/3ED4B0BE-30BF-42C7-B3C8-D030AE2E990B" alt="Hoover and Sawyer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/F0AB3496-D9A0-4822-8DD7-4E76B4A2F894" alt="frogmouth chicks" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><STRONG>They look like loudmouths but they’re actually scared:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/F0B43524-92FA-4CC7-83DE-DF2EF21EC909" alt="Scared chicks" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><STRONG>Owls? We haven’t seen any owls:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/tawny-frogmouths-lazy-skunks-skies/16132"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/7F6368E7-8235-48D4-88C0-93699C4A5DF7" alt="Frogmouths perched" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1CBE9E16-8F5F-4B9A-A162-7EA2C2AEE639/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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