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This photo was taken at about 23:00 local time (UTC+1100) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The photo was made with a Canon EOS 400D camera on a tripod at a distance of about 15 metres from the nest. The zoom lens was used at focal length 200 mm, together with a doubler to give a net focal length of 400 mm.

A bright halogen spotlight was used to illuminate the subjects. Since the light is yellowish, the parent bird (probably the mother) looks brown. In white light, it looks pure monochrome grey. The chicks look bright white in white light, as they do also in this photo. (The top half of the head of the parent bird is invisible because it is in the shadow of a branch.)

The two Tawny Frogmouth chicks hatched on Tuesday morning 2011-10-4, five days before this photo was taken. The chicks have already grown noticeably taller in that time. The second chick is to the right and much lower than the chick which is more clearly visible.