Another clue…

as to where we have been whilst I continue to sort through images - Since the Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni was discovered in 2001 it has been observed in the rainforests of ? by many people. Now nearly every birdwatcher living in, visiting or planning to visit the island looks forward somehow to seeing this attractive little creature. Endemic to ?, the species is so secretive that it eluded all avifaunal surveys of the country, begun by the Dutch more than 200 years ago. How many ornithologists and other birdwatchers must have explored the island’s rainforests across the decades unaware that a spectacular bird unknown to science was perched not far from them!