Spotted Owl

Please consider adding this, and any other Japanese spotting, to my newly formed mission, Biodiversity of Central Japan. Thank you...
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1589...

I love owls, they are so beautiful

you should include more info

where did you spot him?

They have the most amazing call: especially when a pair is calling to each other. It sounds like a pack of fighting/howling coyotes. There is a pair on my property, although thankfully they generally only call on a clear new moon night: those are rare in Oregon

Gorgeous photo!

Do you know where it comes from originally? The U.S. spotted owl is endangered.

oh and thanks for all the comments. grazi

it was at a kind of bird sanctuary just south of Kobe Japan

Oh he looks so pensive! What a cute little owl :)

Very shy creature. Great mood shot. Thanks for sharing.

Where did you see him?