It had just rained the previous day and Valley School looked all green. I had walked ahead when a friend who was behind me said that there was an owl. I walked back all the way again and fortunately, the owl was still around. It was the Collared Scops Owl popping out of its tree hole. It took a while for me to locate it even after being pointed at it. And I wasn’t surprised about missing it when I walked past the same area. It was an incredible camouflage. I stood there watching it for a while. It seemed quite safe in that tree hole, totally camouflaged and not easily visible. It was visible only from one side and there was no way to locate it otherwise. Once in a while, it turned around and seemed to be on high alert. After a while, we found something popping out in the background and this one would just push it down. We realised that there was an young one there trying to come out in the open creeping out behind the adult. The adult owl was very strict and would just push it down. But still, the young one slowly came out in the open and was there for a while for us to see.

the first look

Young one coming out