Owl spotting

On Friday evening I received an urgent call from Sandy saying she had just seen and photographed a Collared Scops Owl roosting on a signboard outside the flat. It was about 7.30pm and I was already out drinking in town. I knew I wasn’t really supposed to be out drinking that night as we were going out the following night, so I wasn’t sure whether this was just a cunning plan hatched by Sandy to lure me back home with the promise of owl spotting. I wanted to see photographic evidence of the owl and asked Sandy to SMS me the photo she had just taken with her mobile phone. Sure enough, several swigs of Tiger later, my pocket started vibrating, alerting me to an incoming Collared Scops Owl. Below is the photograph I received ... (The owl is sitting on the left of the signboard, honest! —Sandy)