Owl Ii (tawny Owl)

Soft Ground Etching Plate Size: 19cm x 25cm

... his mother would have warned him not to be out so late ...

One morning when Sioban was out walking her dog she came across this sad creature lying by the road. It had probably flown out of the woods across the fast road and into the path of a lorry.

At the time Sioban was in the middle of investigating Barn Owls, so the finding of this bird seemed as if it was meant.