Andrew Martin Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Ausfire, that Tawny Frogmouth looks surprisingly like one of our gray morph Western Screech owls without the ear tufts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Yes, very similar. Probably a master of camouflage too. You can walk right past a Frogmouth and miss seeing it because they look just like a broken branch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlson Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Are those stainless washers or galvanized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 They were galvanized but I soaked them in muriatic acid to remove the galvanizing then into baking soda and water to neutralize them. If I could have got plain steel I would have. Stainless would work nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 21 hours ago, Andrew Martin said: Ausfire, that Tawny Frogmouth looks surprisingly like one of our gray morph Western Screech owls without the ear tufts: You know that our Frogmouth is not really an owl. Wide beak to catch insects and weaker feet only for perching. More related to our Kookaburra. Having said that, there are many animals and plants that seem to have a counterpart in the American continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 And somehow that last sentence led me down the wobbly brain road to thinking about kangaroos with antlers..... I can't be all that bad tho, someone Else thought up the Jackalope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 cue the picture of me wearing my smithing hat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Ha ha, I was not thinking in some apocalyptic creature, more like the case of Araucaria genus that exists in different continents and islands under different species. Having said that without aiming at offending Thomas, we have creatures here that no one has confirmed they exist. There is a family of pumas on the Flinders ranges in South Australia, released a long time ago by a circus owner, and there is an elusive panther like creature allegedly marsupial that wanders the Blue Mountains and surroundings in the state of NSW Of course we also allegedly have the Hawkesbury monster, something like the lock Ness monster and a Yeti of sort, and many other interesting and probably imaginary animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Das, your welding is coming right along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Jackalope and chupacabra are endemic out here; we have any proof that Marc1 really exists? Jackalope is good eating, chupacabra is not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 yeh, if you ask my neighbors we are infested with bigfeet down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 BigGun, Thank you. It's also amazingly easier to see what I'm doing since I got new lenses for my welding helmet. Marc, I know what you meant just sometimes my thoughts wander ugh... Bigfoot...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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