After checking in at our Bagan Hotel, we were sitting in the hotel's garden, enjoying the view of the Irrawaddy River and a nice cold beer after the long and bumpy bus ride from Mandalay, when all of a sudden we heard a screech call...

We turned around and saw this beautiful little spotted owl sitting in a hole in the big acacia tree behind us! We couldn't believe our luck!

But that wasn't all: during the next few hours we found a few more...

Turned out there was a total of no less than seven in the family!! We had planned to do a lot of temple-sightseeing, but ended up spending most of our time watching and photographing these little cuties. Especially when the following day, we were moved for the next 3 nights to another, better room, right opposite the owl family's main tree.