Little Owl perched on a Digger

I drove slowly around some old farm buildings where I had previously seen a pair of Little Owls (Athene noctua) when I spotted this one perched on the hydraulic arm of a digger. I turned off the ignition and slowly positioned my camera resting on a bean bag placed on the open window of my driver’s door. As the Owl looked straight at me I dialled in some positive exposure compensation to correctly expose my subject against the relatively bright sky. I only managed to take one shot before the Owl flew away.