Striped Owl is an owl that can be hard to find. I came across this bird in the evening in the Barba Azul Nature Reserve and that was the first for the reserve! It soon turned out to be a parent bird with a few young. The parent bird kept a close eye on us. For more photos of Barba Azul see: http://naturebylennart.com/birds-blog/visiting-barba-azul-nature-reserve/.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 (#WPY59). All my pictures were taken in the wild, so nothing from the zoo! I have been photographing since I was twelve years old and the focus has always been on nature photography. In the Netherlands I mainly look at birds, but.. Read more…