Eurasian eagle-owl - Bubo bubo

In January 2021 we had the good luck to be visited often in the trees near our house by this beautiful owl. Unfortunately after a moth or two he stopped showing up. At first we thought that he had moved on to a different area since they are very scarce in belgium and he seemed to be calling for a mate. Unfortunately a neighbor found out he had been found dead, poissoned probably when eating rats that ahd been eating poisson themselves. This is very unfortunate and makes me sad everyt ime I think about it. At least my husban was able to catch these beautiful shot to keep up his memory.