The northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) is a non-migratory owl that usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward. It is one of the few owls that is neither nocturnal nor crepuscular, being active only during the day. This is the only living species in the genus Surnia of the family Strigidae. The species is sometimes called simply the hawk owl; however, many species of owls in the genus Ninox are also called “hawk owls”.
He closed his eyes and turned his face towards the breeze, thinking of nothing and everything at once.
Here is the first of my pieces for the CaPri Big Bang! Please check out the incredible companion fic “Pawn Sacrifice” by @thelibrarina, who will be posting her work over the next few days. I’ll be sharing the second image I did tomorrow.
It was such a pleasure to work on this project. Thank you to the @capri-bigbang2k18 mods for organizing everything! They’ll be reblogging all submissions, so make sure to check out their page to see all the cool works.