Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook)

It was a surprise to see this owl out in the daylight - it's characteristic call is usually heard at night.

What big eyes you have.

Southern Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook), Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Australia.

A welcome garden visitor! Thanks to my mum's great detective work, which led to us finding this Southern Boobook roosting in her garden, I was able to sneak under the owl and snap a few photos. We were lucky enough to have this beautiful creature stay for several weeks, and learn about its diet through pellet analysis.

Read more here:

simoncherriman.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/silent-killers.html

doesn't look quite as fierce as in the previous photos.

In the dappled light by the banks of the Brisbane River, Mt Crosby

Birds usually find something to hide behind, even if it is a thin twig.

Ninox novaeseelandiae ssp. ocellata (25-36 cm, span 60-80 cm)

d47139a

Near Lamington National Park and O'Reilly's, Queensland, Australia

November 6, 2019 on Rote, Indonesia. Pitta Nature Tours Bali & The Lesser Sundas Tour.

Small Australian owl

A family of Southern Boobook Owls, taken in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia.

wondermentblog.wordpress.com/

www.facebook.com/wondermentblog

A side profile.

d98694b

Road kill. Blowhard.

This owl was sitting in the tree outside our back door. Not very clear as we only had a normal torch handy, but I was pleased to get a shot of it at all