Collared scops owl on a tree trunk

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Superbly camouflaged, we could not see it despite the guide telling us exactly where it was. After about 5 mns of straining my eyes I suddenly saw it, looking like a tree stump!

Here we see it with its eyes open.

Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, shot at 300mm, ISO 500, 1/250s - F/6.3, -0.7EV

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

The eternal way of forest seen at its best.

"The strong prey on the weak and the weak develop subterfuses and camouflages to protect themselves."-Jawaharlal Nehru

Thanks for sharing.
SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice one here. A bird of prey with a super camouflage.wud been nice without the clutter, cant do much about that .

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nicely camouflaged. There seems to be some noise, is this a crop? Nice sighting. Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Yes this is a 40% crop and some sharpening to bring out the details

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice camouflage. Nature's way of helping them. When they are still they appear as an extension of the tree. That is why animals and birds don't make unnecessary movements.

Thanks to Shaktipada dada for reminding us of Jawaharlal Nehru's quote. Most of today's generation is not fortunate to be introduced to his writings. Thanks once again for sharing those pearls of wisdom.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi