Win an Edward Lear Eagle Owl Print from the Sumptuous New Book ‘Birds Drawn for John Gould’

Ranging from Portugal to Japan, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, the nominal Bubo species and close cousin to our own Great-horned Owl, is a magnificent and tremendously successful diurnal predator. In Lear's studied rendition, the Eagle Owl evinces a posture of utmost assurance, tawny and black stripes guiding one's gaze upward to the partial facial discs which house the alarmingly yellow eyes. The ear tufts are casually splayed off either side of the head in an almost whimsical manner, but the firm grip of the talons and heroic swelling of the breast make clear the potential for sudden violence should anyone disturb its solitude.