life of chocolate: Lyre Bird

Worth Listening to because it's a bird that sounds like a:

Tim said...: I was showing a friend at work the Lyre Bird because it was amazing...and he introduced me to this owl which is definitely not as impressive but worth a look for his visual skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI&feature=related; February 20, 2009 at 12:26 AM
mountain bound said...: interesting! although that video is terrible :) there are a bunch of birds (and insects - butterflies, etc) that use wing patterns to disguise themselves but the ability to actually modify the appearance of its figure is cool.

looks like it may be a White-faced Scops Owl. Srigiformes strigidae - like many of our owls around here!

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-white-faced-scops-owl.html

nice :) thanks for posting that!!
i think the lyre bird is many people's new favorite bird - ha! i've gotten a bunch of emails... yay!; February 20, 2009 at 9:35 PM

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