Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, a specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from th...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with a Boobook Owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the W...

Cyril Ruoso / White-browed hawk owl (Ninox superciliaris) perched in tree. Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Dave Watts / Powerful owl (Ninox strenua) recently fledged juvenile, Victoria, Australia

David Tipling / Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Keri Keri, North Island, New Zealand November

Mark Carwardine / Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) owl, Tiritiri Matangi Island, North Island, New Zealand

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata) pair on branch, India, January.

Eric Sohn Joo Tan / Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) at night, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Eric Sohn Joo Tan / Christmas Boobook (Ninox natalis) owl, Christmas Island, Australia

Martin Willis / Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) with Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) prey, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Two fledgling Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) chicks huddle together in a sunlit daytime roost. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, December.