From Robby Villabona

In my almost nightly walks to search for civets I occasionally run into other night creatures. It was my first time to see a Philippine scops owl in the wild and it didn’t seem to care being photographed at close range. It stayed on its perch for close to an hour and was still there when I left to go home.

I’d been hearing their calls around our village since 2021 but never had the luck to find one until last night.

Tagaytay City, 22 May 2025

OM-1 + M.Zuiko 40-150 f/2.8 Pro + MC-14 1.4x teleconverter + Nitecore MH-40 Pro ISO-200 1/200s f/4 210mm