This little owl (Athene noctua) could be a fledgling. Its chest feathers are pretty fuzzy and it doesn’t have the spots on the top of its head that the one I posted a few months ago does. Little owls breed from October to January and this photo was taken late last summer, at Marchwood Park in Motueka.
Little little owl
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