From ANIMA

This barn owl (unreleasable due to metabolic issues) stays at the Station and makes our day).

    • pseudo@jlai.lu
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      4 days ago

      I’m not usually a big fan of barn owl but I’m not biais. I can recognised beauty when I see it.

      • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
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        4 days ago

        They’ve really caught my eye this year for some reason. I used to prefer them less, more from the face shape being a bit too alien, but the last couple months, I’ve been really loving them and their marble-like eyes. Even that horrible voice they have I’ve been finding charming. I can be an odd one…just like the barn owls! 😄

        • pseudo@jlai.lu
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          4 days ago

          I won’t say they are odd. They are just not my style. But this one is deserving to do peageant. If this picture is used for barn owl in the upcoming superbowl the concurrence doesn’t stand a chance.

          • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
            2·
            4 days ago

            Barn owls are that acquired taste we have with foods. Some have grown to like them, some try to like them but never do, and some like them now and then but not all the time.

            I think the trick is finding the first one you do like. These European ones seem lighter and more angelic than the American ones. Ours have some warmer neutral browns and a light spotting. Then ones like today’s Grass Owl get bolder colors and heavier spotting. Off in Asia and Oceania the Bay Owl turn the weirdness up to 11 to double down on it. Australia flips things all around to make theirs black with white spots with the Sooties or a rich gold with the Masked Owls.

            There’s a barn owl out there for everyone! I am glad you found this one to be so special.