More Owls

Owls, owls, owls

Owls, flying foxes?

Owls remind me a lot of foxes. This might sound a bit strange, as one hardly ever gets to see a flying fox.
So let me explain: Just like foxes, owls are highly intelligent animals. In one of my fox stories, I wrote about foxes,and their unique personalities. The same goes for owls. Just like foxes, they differ a lot. Every individual owl has its own characteristic behaviour and looks, which makes them endlessly fascinating to me. Within the same species,one can often distinguish totally elusive owls and completely comfortable versions. Some of them are very approachable and watch you curiously, while other owls are gone as soon as you blink once.

Never a dull moment with an owl

I’ve watched different owl breeds, like little owls, short-eared owls and long-eared owls for some time and the one thing they all have in common is their ability to keep surprising.
No matter if they fly, hunt, eat, clean, sit or just sleep, never a dull moment with an owl!
I might have told before that I love red foxes …?
Well, the same goes for owls!

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) shaking its feathers

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) sitting on a fence

Juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl (Athene noctua) on a pole

Little Owl (Athene noctua) on a pole

Portrait of a juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl hunting
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Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl (Athena noctua) in a Tree

Back-lit Little Owlet
Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Long-eared Owlet
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus, previously Strix otus)

Little Owl hunting
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Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl with Mouse
Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Short-eared Owl in Flight
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus, previously Strix otus)

Portrait of a back lit Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

Portrait of a baby little owl

Juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl (Athene noctua) with a bloody beak

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) sitting on the ground

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) sitting on a pole, trusting on its camouflage

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) sitting on a fence

Little Owl (Athene noctua) on a pole

The Smiling Owl
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) portrait

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in flight

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) sitting on a pole

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in flight

Blending Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) hiding in the grass, trusting on its camouflage

Portrait of a back lit Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) producing a breath cloud due to the cold

Portrait of a back lit Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

Portrait of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) in the warm light before sunrise

Portrait of a juvenile Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl (Athena noctua) in a Tree

The Thinker
Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Curious little owlet
Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Empty spaces
Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Little Owl in warm light