Frogmouth

I know Detour is a photoblog, not a site full of links to all the cool shit out there on the interweb - but damit this is the funniest shit I've seen in a long long while: The incredible shrinking owl! Or as Boing Boing put it: How does an owl respond to a jack-in-the-box? "No sir, I don't like it."

So funny I think I pee'd a little!

Oh, and this is a Tawny Frogmouth from one of our wildlife park pilgrimages. His cool-looking camouflage combined with remaining stiffly poised on an exposed tree-limb allows him to mimic a broken branch and avoid detection. I think he looks cute. (It was a pretty hot day when I took this shot, so I'm going to guess he's keeping his beak open to stay cool.)