Photos from BirdsInBackyards.net
The Rufous Owl (rufous means reddish brown) is a pretty rare owl that lives mainly in rainforests of North Australia and New Guinea.
It is very shy and not seen very often. It is a strong owl for its size, taking prey from insects all the way to flying foxes.
When I feel like inserting variety, I’ll always toss in one of the Australian owls like this one. Their general shape I refer to as a bowling pin. It makes them stand out, and the large eyes in a smaller than normal head to body size always gives them a comical look.
Like many other animals in Australia, they are very unique. The variety of Barn Owl types they have is amazing as well. Lots of color combos you won’t find anywhere else, and you can see significant changes in body size as you change latitude.
I think your story is like most of ours. We didn’t seek out daily owl photos, we stumbled upon them and it made our day, so we came back for more. I wanted to see Lemmy grow, and with all the stressful and negative stuff online, I wanted to keep an oasis from all that, so I just posted here every day.
It’s nice since you can just scroll the pics, or you can learn a ton of great stuff about these animals that makes then so special.
I enjoy answering your questions because it spurs me to learn new things, and it’s a positive experience for me to see this bring you all a bit of happiness and wonder every day.
Feel free to scroll the past posts, and don’t be afraid to ask a question on an old post. Of course I encourage you to comment on new posts, even if it’s just to say “wow, nice owl” or whatever in hopes it encourages other people to post.
So welcome to Superbowl, the owliest place on Lemmy. 😁
I must say your enthusiasm struck me and I went and scrolled to the very beginning of the group and read through mosts of the posts and learned quite a bit (and so do my friends who now have to tolerate “owl fact of the day” -speeches) :'D I thought I might contribute to the group more than just silly commenting and make some posts about owls in Finland as well as owl-related Finnish folklore & language facts that people might find interesting – so I guess I have to start doing some research now!
I’m glad I was able to make a positive impression and now you’re enthused also. I know I never thought I’d be this involved when I started posting. I was mainly awestruck as I started to learn how little I knew about them. So now I get inspired to keep learning as I share with you.
I appreciate whatever contributions you all bring. It feels much more lively when people participate.
I’d love to get contributions from someone outside the US. I know I’ve had people from other places correct what I’ve read or add in context to make things more clear. You sometimes have different names for things too, which is always interesting. Folklore would be great as well, since I hesitate commenting much on cultures since I don’t want to get it wrong.
No matter what though, thanks for just being here. You guys have kept this place a pretty big success. I’m still surprised how big this group has gotten and I’ve enjoyed getting to know some of you as regulars. You guys keep me coming back here.
Bowling pin is a perfect description! I was thinking what a great, odd-looking owl, and that sums it up perfectly.