Pearl-spotted Owl

By Charlie • October 28, 2006 • No comments yet

Pearl-spotted Owl Glaucidium perlatum
04 October 2006

The smallest owl in southern Africa (at just 18cm/7 inches it’s smaller than a Starling Sturnus vulgaris), the Pearl-spotted Owl is a common resident typically found in thornveld or broadleaved woodland.

This one was being mobbed by a variety of small passerines (including African Barred Warbler and Melba Finch) in the middle of the day, and the photos were mostly taken leaning out of the car window and pointing the camera up into a thick acacia…

Location: the Zaagkiuldrift gravel road to Kgomo-Kgomo

Pearl-spotted Owl

All photos copyright Charlie Moores

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Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?