Also the shrieking ones like barn owl, and the Barking Owl is also called the Screaming Woman. Tales about people getting lost in swamps and such trying to find her are the source of many monster stories. Look those calls up if you get a chance!
Hah, too true! I like parts of all those things, but I like to make the owls my main contribution here.
It’s fun stuff 99% of the time unless I need to do a PSA on poison or the environment. That I would say is the reason this community is pretty popular. We’re as apolitical as pro-environmental and animal rights people can be, we keep it positive, look at cute animals with amazing superpowers, and we nerd out.
I post 2 or 3 things a day, so there will always be something good for you when you check in.
If you think he is out there, check out this little Oriental Bay Owl. He looks out of this world!
He’s high on my list of 250+ favorite owls! Nothing else looks like it.
First look at that picture, I thought it was wearing a dark green beret.
Surprised French Owl, has had too much cafe time.
Oh it does almost look like a little cap!
It reminds me of the phrygian hat from the Olympics this year.
Imagine being the first human to encounter one of those in a dark forest.
And the spooky sounds calling back and forth on a dark night!
There’s no shortage of cultures where owls are cryptids or gods, and it’s no surprise. Even today, they can fill us with both wonder and unease.
Woo… wooohooo… can’t be a coincidence that classic ghost noises sound exactly like owl calls.
Also the shrieking ones like barn owl, and the Barking Owl is also called the Screaming Woman. Tales about people getting lost in swamps and such trying to find her are the source of many monster stories. Look those calls up if you get a chance!
Me too, thanks
Lol here at c/Superbowl, everyone should feel free to be wild! 😆
I’ve finally found my home on Lemmy.
If you’re not into North American politics, communism or Linux, it takes a while to find your people but yeah.
Hah, too true! I like parts of all those things, but I like to make the owls my main contribution here.
It’s fun stuff 99% of the time unless I need to do a PSA on poison or the environment. That I would say is the reason this community is pretty popular. We’re as apolitical as pro-environmental and animal rights people can be, we keep it positive, look at cute animals with amazing superpowers, and we nerd out.
I post 2 or 3 things a day, so there will always be something good for you when you check in.