Rescued Owl

 We have adopted this juvenile White-faced Scops Owl, which was found away from its nest. It is being kept at our sister accommodation in Hluhluwe (Umkhumbi Lodge www.thewetlandpark.co.za) in a little owl house until it is ready to be released into the wild. According to Philip Coetzee (a South African bird guide and our identification expert!): They are amazing little birds and enjoy a diet of insects and small rodents and lizards. This one looks like it is almost ready to leave the nest.