Photo by Sergio Luzzini & Luca Vignati

Eurasian Scops Owl (0tus scops) on Sardinia, Italy

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    3 months ago

    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.

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        3 months ago

        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!

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              3 months ago

              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.

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                3 months ago

                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.