From Pete Morris

Our Birdquest New Britain extension is off to a great start, with most of the goodies in the bag already, including the star of the show, the phenomenal Golden Masked Owl. Skittish, and not close, but what a cracker, and brilliant in the scope!

One of my favorite super rare owls!

Not well documented until the early 2000s, this owl only lives on the island of New Britain, near Paupa New Guinea.

An estimated 2500-10,000 exist, and its home area is shrinking.

I cropped it and enlarged it: