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One of four birds regularly seen hunting in the area.

This guy was in a large concrete, hollow structure sticking out of the ground. Surprisingly, there was a Say's Phoebe building a nest just 5 feet above this owl!

Short-eared Owl on the hunt for prey.

The word got out that a snowy owl was seen during the daylight hours at the Muskegon (Michigan) Water Treatment Plant about 30 minutes from my house. I ventured out the next morning and found him right out in the middle of an open field!

Barred owl is a common winter species in Ontario, Canada. Came across this one today taking advantage of the warm sun on a cold day.

The Torotoroka Scops Owl (Otus madagascariensis) is endemic to Madagascar. This owl is hiding during the day in a plant in the Didiereaceae family, also endemic to the Spiny Forest ecosystem of south and southwest Madagascar.

The Spotted Wood Owl is a rare resident of Singapore. This image shows an adult (top) with its juvenile (bottom). The adult seemed to be frowning as they stared curiously while the picture is taken.

This normally Boreal forerest species has ventured into SE Ontario, Canada this winter.

One of at least three Short-eared Owls I saw at Staines Moor, Surrey.

Coming in for the Kill

Chouette lapone. We are having one of those winters when many of those owls invade the South, presumably in search of food. These invasions happen about every four years and involve, other than the Great Gray, the Boreal and the Northern Hawk-owl. Ironically, this bird showed up in the front...

Whilst waiting for a Bittern to show at North Duffield, Yorks, a day time hunting Barn Owl came just about in reach of my 400ml lens.

This Southern Boobook has been calling on and off at a property in NW Sydney where we keep our horse. Since I visit the place every evening, I have managed to photograph the owl the last two evenings. He has been very obliging. :-)

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The male on the left is courtship feeding the female. Victim is one of the noisy little Rainbow Lorikeets. He must've caught the bird just before daybreak as he was holding it all afternoon sans the upper half of the parrot, which he probably ate before the sun came up. This is typical Powerful...

Photographed in the middle of Sydney. Really. This pair was really accepting of photographers leading up to their nesting period. Many an evening were spent photographing some great behaviour, including mating.

Made this shot last april in Sweden, Alot of birds where very south of their natural habitat so we tavelled there with a couple of photographers.

Pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) Shingwedzi, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Owl flying around in street lights hunting mice. Canon 7D, 300/2.8IS handheld, flash internal.

A gray morph in the hollow of a tree.

Adult. Rare resident breeder of Singapore. Settings: 1050mm ISO160 1/50s f/2.5 0EV no crop.