article_snippet: Peeking out from behind a tree, the huge bird of prey appeared to play hide and seek with senior engineer and photographer Jiri Michal as Jiri Michal tried to capture a tree on film.
article_snippet: The amusing game of peek-a-boo took place in Vysoka, a small village in the country's hilly east, while owl was out hunting.
article_snippet: Surprise: owl pokes owl head out from behind a tree as Jiri Michal, 34, a senior engineer and photographer, captures the bird of prey on film .
article_snippet: Mr Michal, who spent three hours trying to photograph owls before spotting this one, said he wasn't sure what the bird of prey on film was doing, but the bird of prey on film appeared to be playing a game with he .
article_snippet: Mr Michal, said: 'I wasn't sure what owl was doing, however owl kept poking owl head out from behind this tree as if this tree was playing a game with me. '
article_snippet: Mr Michal said Mr Michal had been photographing my favourite birds for three hours when Mr Michal spotted this one roughly 20ft away.
article_snippet: Mr Michal added: 'owl was not in the mood to play for too long, and straight after I took these pictures Mr Michal flew off. '
article_snippet: Mr Michal believes owl was a male, and was around seven years old, making owl relatively young.
highlights_snippet: Jiri Michal, 34, spotted owl while walking in park in west Czech Republic .
  
highlights_snippet: Animal seemed to be playing game with Animal while hopping around a tree .
  