From Niek Kuijpers

Waldohreule

1/125 sec - 1600 Iso - f5.6 - 120mm

That’s a Long Eared Owl to us non-German speakers. It means “Wood-eared owl.”

Sorry you didn’t win again this year, little fella… I still love you!

  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    3 months ago

    “Wood-eared owl.”

    Makes it sound like its ears are made of wood. The literal translation is more wood/forest eared-owl.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      3 months ago

      I never know which translation to trust!

      Being a German word, I just assumed it was a string of adjectives strung together, but I thought it was an owl that looked like a piece of wood and had ears.

      Someone at some point told me steinkauz was from the Little Owl liking to live in stonepiles and such rather than just being shaped like a rock as well. I still think it works either way. 🤪

      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        3 months ago

        I think you posted some photos of owls that are very well camouflaged, I suppose they adapted to their preferred environments.