tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post3146493543693363181..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: In court in Alaska (pt 2)Denis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-87262167788921025662011-05-26T05:53:47.848+10:002011-05-26T05:53:47.848+10:00Thanks for the comment about the image. I did it m...Thanks for the comment about the image. I did it myself – a legacy of my years in graphic design for the musicals we put on! These days with little effective use of my right hand, Photoshop is very hard for me to control for delicate tasks, as it involves coordinated hand actions: keyboard and mouse. Tricky!<br />I was pretty sure that the tawny frogmouth wasn’t a mopoke, but thought it wise to check before committing myself. Turns out that I got it right, and that a Mopoke is a southern Boobook Owl. I can’t say for certain I remember hearing it up here on the Tablelands, but that rather wistful call was very much part of my childhood in central Queensland. If you were raised around Melbourne then no doubt you heard it there.<br />But here’s the funny thing. Having made my graphic, I couldn’t help thinking it looked as much like a kookaburra as an owl. It turns out that the tawny frogmouth is NOT an owl – it is more closely related to the kookaburra!<br />So, your question yielded an answer I certainly didn’t expect. Thanks again. We surely learn new things every day!<br />http://tinyurl.com/3ucvxaxDenis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-62182219458639947122011-05-25T22:29:15.547+10:002011-05-25T22:29:15.547+10:00Wonderful image of the tawny frog mouth. The whole...Wonderful image of the tawny frog mouth. The whole thing is beautifully described. Incidentally, is a tawny frog mouth the same as a mopoke?zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.com