Eurasian Eagle Owl– sniper well camouflaged

[Subhash Shrivastava]

Nikon P510, 1/160, F5.9, 288 mm, ISO-400, hand held.
Clicked in Kegaon about 20 kms from Nannaj GIB Sanctuary on 16-Nov-2013.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Love their eyes and the horn like ears. How did you sight it sitting among boulders? Can you describe this place as I am hearing about it for the first time. Thanks for sharing.

[Subhash Shrivastava]

hi sabyasachi, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I read in the internet abt sighting of this owl in nannaj, so i pestered a forest person and talked to FRO also, finally he accompanied me to this place, it is near Solapur may ne 5 kms, via a narrow road, past the cement factory there is a canal, known as kegaon canal, there forest person spotted it for me. this being the only assisted sighting for me there.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. Loved the stare. Nice display of its habitat. Thanks for sharing the information. Look forward to more.

[Padmanav Kundu]

Dear Subhas - Why do you say this is Eurasian Eagle Owl - why not Indian Eagle Owl? The facial discs are more darker and pronounced in this case. Also EEO is found more in the Himalayas and as you mentioned you saw this near Solapur.

Thanks for the lovely picture in any case.