Sly: Why a St Kilda woman called police over a tawny frogmouth

A St Kilda woman has called the police on a tawny frogmouth owl.

The woman contacted police with a complaint about a low electronic alarm in the laneway behind her apartment building, which she said was going off at all hours and keeping her awake.

Thinking it may be a faulty alarm, and fearing it could be a peeping tom or a burglar, police investigated.

And what they found wasn’t what they expected.

“It was a tawny frogmouth!,” Sly told Ross and Russel.

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