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Portrait of a Sooty Owl, Australia

Unlike the other birds of prey that hunt during the day, the owl is active primarily at night. The Sooty Owl has the largest eyes and roundest wings of all the masked-owls, making it well adapted for seeing in the dimly-lit forests at night. It "bolts" its food, ripping off and swallowing the head first!

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Filename: Sooty Owl Portrait 01_3014.jpg
Copyright: Kimball Chen
Image Size: 5198x3465 / 5.0MB; Sooty Owl owl portrait vibrissae bird wildlife bird of prey Australia
Contained in galleries: Birds (mostly from New Zealand), Australian Wildlife Photography and Nature

Unlike the other birds of prey that hunt during the day, the owl is active primarily at night. The Sooty Owl has the largest eyes and roundest wings of all the masked-owls, making it well adapted for seeing in the dimly-lit forests at night. It "bolts" its food, ripping off and swallowing the head first!