After seeing pictures of it and voting for it on multiple occasions on the contests held here, I got to see a Eurasian eagle-owl in person today. I was a little far away so the picture isn’t that great, but I was very impressed.

I also got to see a Barn Owl, and it was beautiful!

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    If this is on your phone and not like 10x zoomed, then he was right there, wasn’t he?

    Sure it’s not a studio photo of an owl, but you weren’t expecting that to begin with.

    In Finnish we call it “huuhkaja”. I dont think I’ve ever seen one in the wild but just like you from a distance like that.

    • walden@wetshav.ingOPEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Yeah, pretty close. There were a bunch of picnic tables at this nature show and we were in the last row but still with a decent view.

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
        3·
        15 days ago

        Better than trying to ogle one in a very large cage in a zoo. Like the eagle owl cage was really big and because they’re nocturnal, it was hanging out in the shadows at the very back.

        I can’t recall whether I’ve seen them closer irl