Wednesday 27 June 2007

Birds in the Night

We were on the way back from the Rainbow scout meeting, and in the dark there appeared sitting on the road this white object. At first it looked like a plastic bag in the road, and Purple didn't have time to react, we just drove right over it. luckily, we didnt hit it, I made Purple turn around and see if it was alright, and unbelievably it was still just standing there in the middle of the road, seemingly unharmed.
Before I had time to do anything or even whip out my camera, another car came and scared it away, but it was a really amazing bird.
After much internet searching, I found this website, which is about the closest pic I've found, and it seems this is our Bird

2 comments:

  1. Oh it was a beautiful nocturnal nightjar!

    They have those in that area.

    I worked at an organic farm outside of Nimbin.

    Where we spotted some camoflagued right a head hight in a nearby tree.

    They sleep in bizarre positions to avoid detection- like some paralytic cripple they take strange shapes...

    They fly through the night with their superior night vision and scoop out bugs with their wide beaks...

    L

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  2. "They sleep in bizarre positions to avoid detection- like some paralytic cripple they take strange shapes..." a bit like you, leon

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