Avian sighting June 2024 - Barred Eagle Owl

Barred Eagle Owl is a common sighting in suburb  parkland and pocket garden in cities in Malaysia. This juvenile bird was seen in my housing estate garden park in the early evening near my house in Ayer Panas.  At that time while I was in my porch I notice there were rowdy  bird harrassing calls in neighbor fruit trees. I suspected there must be bird of prey around so I venture out to look for it. Then I saw a bird bird flew across my house to a huge Raintree with smaller birds chasing it. Later managed to sight it perch on a horizontal branch.  

Juvenile birds are more approachable and this bird is the same and it came down to a lower branch about 25 feet from us. Luckily my curious neighbor was there to help me to hold the torch light to flash from offset position so as not to get "red eyes" photos. After shooting for 10- 15 minutes we left it there ...................