Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner

Well deserved, although I'm still going to soapbox that the Baudin's Cockatoo (which unfortunately didn't win) is under immediate threat by the proposed Alcoa mine in the southwest Jarrah forests! It's some of the last habitat they have left, and once it's gone, it's gone for good.

I do love tawnies though. They're such characters.

Would've loved to see the gang-gang cockatoo win....

But it doesn't look as funny I guess.

Old frogmouth got out to a really fast start, was always going to be hard to catch

Good bird.