#boobook

photograph by Sreejith Sreedharan

Edit: New Zealand, not Australia #oops. The Tasmanian Boobook was once considered conspecific.

this year's calendar that i forgot to post at the start of the year which is a more normal time to be posting about calendars. australian flora & fauna :)

the brown boobook, also known as the brown hawk-owl, is an owl species distributed throughout southern asia. they are often referred to as hawk-owls due to their shape - they have long, hawklike tails and lack the distinctive facial disk of most owls. like other owl species, they are nocturnal; however, they may be occasionally seen during the day, particularly as smaller birds tend to mob them while they roost. they feed on large insects, small reptiles, birds, and other prey. the brown boobook lays 3-5 eggs in a cavity nest, like most other owls; the cavity is made by another species or from a natural tree formation. the sexes are identical in plumage; both possess notable orange-yellow eyes.

Kiwi Park, Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.

New owl at work reminds me of Marie (sick of everyone’s shit, beautiful, angy and could rip my face off any day 10/10)