I was pulled up at one of my favorite camping spots waiting for a mate when I noticed a guy with a rather large camera taking pictures of something in a tree. I wandered over to have a chat and discovered he was taking pictures of a Tawny Frog-mouth.Right where I like to camp. Rodney I discovered was third or fourth in line on the Australian bird checklist for Ornithology. He had spent a year putting everything into checking off this list as we chatted about building campers.

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=AU

A bird had been waking me up for months at 2am to 3am and I picked his brains as to what it might be. It turned out to be a Southern Boo Book Owl. I took him to the park and we spent a time scouting the area. I really need to get my thermal monocular up and working and when I hear it again get out of bed and go for a wander now the weather is getting better.

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/southern-boobook-owl

Tawny Frogmouth

EDIT

Tawnys have had two owlets