From Paul Bankowitsch

Pair of cuckoo owls (Morepork/Ruru) - in mating time they call cuckoo, like our local cuckoo. They are from New Zealand.

F5 1/125 ISO 320 Brw: 240mm Processed Canon SX50HS

Paar Kuckkuckskauz - in der Paarungzeit rufen sie Kuckkuck, wie unser heimischer Kuckkuck. Sie kommen aus Neuseeland.

This owl gets so many names!

  • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
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    I was just searching to see why Pratchett chose that as the name of his city, but everything I came across said he wasn’t familiar with the bird at the time, and it was retconned into the crest later. Very interesting.

    You guys keep making me feel guilty I’ve still actually gotten around to reading any Discworld. It will work someday, I swear! I have Guards, Guards on my tablet ready to go, and I watched the Hogfather movie and loved it.