I am lucky to have a pair of Little Owls nesting in the old farm of my childhood. You can observe them at dusk before dark.

Here is one typical position of the Little Owl, in alarm, straightened to better see the situation.

Here is where I often observe this pair of Little Owls, on the roof of the old barn. Owls can rotate their head by 270°. Both are looking at me but the one on the right shows its back.

Short visit at early Spring, my Little Owl friends are still here!

I perfectly hid myself under my camouflage hut, a long time before dark, to try to record the Little Owl calls and then the Western Barn Owl calls. I think that the present calls are alarm calls due to my presence. So I went away immediately, with all my stuff, not to disturb any more. Was I sitting close to the nest?

The old stable is now used as a storage room for old furniture. What a surprise to find a young Little Owl in one of them. I read that the young leave the nest about a week before they can fly. Is that the case with the one I just saw here? I went back to get the camera to have a souvenir of the scene and left the room quiet for at least two weeks. I later tried to find where the nest could be, but without success.

I took a quick look at the farmyard from one of the attic windows a little before nightfall. I saw 3 Little Owls at the same time. This one, landed on the ground, and although it had certainly detected my presence, seemed to me to continue hunting insects.

On the lookout.

The scene lasted quite a long time and I took a lot of pictures.

Here is another Little Owl observed at the same time as the previous photos. The photos of the third owl, perched on an electric wire, are unfortunately blurry.

It's always a real pleasure to catch a glimpse of these Little Owls in broad daylight.

Here is the favourite observation spot of this Little Owl. It comes to perch here every evening before dark to watch over everything that is happening in the farmyard.

The previous photo was taken from the front doorstep of the house. This one was taken a little closer using a small lookout tent.

I positioned a small hide tent facing the beams where the Little Owls seemed to have their habits. I waited a week without going back, then I positioned myself there in the middle of the afternoon. The wait was a bit long but I had a visit from an Owl who had just captured a Large Green Grasshopper. I saw the meal in real time.

I was hoping to have an indication of the location of the nest but all I got was this beautiful curious look. I waited a bit then moved all the equipment to leave the place alone. My next observations were made with the camera trap which is a much more discreet device.