A hooked beak, dark eyes & a white mask resembling to a heart whose outline we would have traced in brown pencil! We are in front of an owl, but not just any. It is the barn owl, also known as the bell owl or white lady. A species widely spreaded around the world. This nocturnal raptor with long wings has a silent flight & uses its very developed hearing to flush out small rodents, like field mice or shrews.