A trio of nocturnal Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides brachypterus) has nested in Flooded Gum trees at Herdsman Lake west of Perth for several years. Tawny Frogmouths are not related to Owls and are closer to Nightjars and depend on their camouflaged plumage for protection. This male mates with two females – a phenomenon apparently not recorded in the literature, and the trio usually produces two clutches of chicks each spring and summer. The nest site is moved in some years, particularly if predators take a chick. This year the male was videoed sitting on its flimsy nest, with two white, fluffy, wriggling chicks. At one stage he looked up as two Australian Ravens, notorious nest robbers, flew over.