No show Short-eared

This afternoon Rachel and I tried for the Short-eared Owl seen recently in Richmond Park, but unfortunately all we had was the usual gangs of Ring-necked Parakeets. While scanning I got to thinking back to the Short-eared Owl we saw on the island of Genovesa, Galapagos in 2006 (photo below). This endemic subspecies - Asio flammeus galapagoensis - looks quite different from the European birds, but the biggest difference is their unique hunting strategy - where they clamber around on the lava fields stalking Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrels returning to their nests. Check out this excellent BBC footage.