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How on earth does a photographer even see these in the first place?? Human eyes are incredible.

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It's good to know they don't just set and forget these houses

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A child isn't going to find that. A rescuer who isn't familiar with Teslas isn't going to be able to find that.

I couldn't even figure out how to open a fully functional door from outside the first time I got in a Tesla. I'm an adult who's been driving my entire life.

That's not innovation; it's a safety hazard for the sake of the aesthetics of a handle that doesn't stick out. I don't view that as a reasonable trade-off.

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I'm not reading the manual of the Uber I'm about to climb into. A firefighter isn't going to read the manual of a car they're trying to pry me out of.

I DO read the manual on the Kia I actually drive. To read about the recommendations for the tires. To read about replacing fuses. To find the load hauling capacity. Not how to open the fucking door.

safety shouldn't influence artistic choice

Did you really just string those words together in all seriousness without a hint of irony? And that folks is exactly why we need the NHTSA.

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Me when I hear my cats scratching around in the living room plant soil.

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Omg what an absolute goofball. Makes me want to stalk my neighborhood GHO. I need to see what it looks looks now.

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Mine is definitely in the trees across the street from me. But that doesn't narrow it down much haha

You have been blessed by the owl gods with your own guardian, it would seem! Highly appropriate

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Jesus Christ. We use a related drug, dexmetomidine (Precedex), to keep people sedated when they're on a mechanical ventilator in the ICU. We use a Precedex infusions to detox people who are in life-threatening alcohol withdrawal among other things. If we start seeing people roll in with a street tolerance to Precedex, we're gonna have to make some serious adjustments.

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Oh that's the perfect shot, right there.

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Still amazed by that camouflage. It just looks like he's made out of pure tree bark!

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@anon6789 , is this a spotted owl?? Sister and I both thought it looked like one, but that seems to cool to be true.

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Anon, you are simply incredible!!! Thank you! I'll pass all this info on to my sister and tell her to try to get more pics. (And I'll be down there for a few days soon, so maybe I can do some owl stalking)

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She said she's been hearing it around for a few weeks, so maybe it moved in close. I asked her to download the Merlin app and try to get a recording of its calls for me.

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😱 Oh my god! I see where the name comes from. That's truly an eagle that happens to be owl shaped.

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Yikes, and as quiet as owls are, these are sniper shots. Imagine just chilling in your nest, enjoying the night, and a predator just appears.

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Lil' buddy, you're not alone. I worked 16 hours yesterday; woke up looking approximately identical to this.

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Definitely not too often, and it's always voluntary. It's actually illegal to force nurses to stay over their shift in Massachusetts unless there's a major emergency. (Thank god)

Yesterday was a weird situation where at the end of my shift, there was a peritoneal dialysis patient that needed an out of the ordinary treatment. And on the team of dialysis nurses I work per diem with, I'm the one with the most experience with peritoneal dialysis. It would have been way more difficult for one of the evening nurses to do it, so I agreed to stay (and they gave me a bonus to stay, so even better!)

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That is one good looking family of owls, right there! And with classier digs than my cookie cutter suburban ranch lol

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Oh this is stunning! WOW

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It's funny, I've thought the same thing about blue jays, but I went on a hike with a friend this afternoon, and damn if you really couldn't see the things in the dappled shade of trees. I'm honestly only used to seeing them out in full sunlight.

(We had one following us. Clearly used to being fed by humans.)

Discussing wildlife photography ethics, including the story why this Flammy looks quite displeased ( lemmy.world )

I came across an article called Owls — Not Quite as Clever as We Think and after the post about AI generated images and today's is it real or isn't it pic of the Northern Lights https://lemmy.world/post/15495156, I felt now was the right time to share this article and see some of your opinions on the matter. I feels it's a...

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Heck yeah, Flammy Friday 💪 I'm interested to learn that our little buddy was so chill about his home being invaded for research and photography.

Tl;dr for those who didn't read the article - the chainsawed out parts of the tree could be placed back over the nest like a lid when visiting time was done, and filming/botherance was kept to 20 mins max each night.

Honestly quite respectful for someone who reads as being so burned out as this guy. He seems quite cynical (even calling out his wife's choice of inferior camera lens for a picture she seemed excited about? My dude.)

The debate on wild pics vs. staged pics (personally I wouldn't use the term "fake" because it's not like they're using animatronic birds) reminds me a lot of the debate about using "false color" photos in astronomy.

Almost none of the astronomical structures you see published from the fancy telescopes would look anything like that if you were in a spaceship up close. Because decisions have to be made about things like how to present wavelengths of light that can't be seen by humans, but are present in the telescope data. So there a certain amount of actual artistry that goes into producing the final published photos.

I'm happy for the artifice as long as it's done with careful consideration specifically to achieve science communication and education. I think staging photos and videos of animals that would be intrusive or impossible to capture in the wild falls within the same realm of art performed in service of education and I'm ok with it.

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I love it that humans will go to this much effort to save tiny animals. Great job, all involved!

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That is a grey cotton ball.

And a butterfly net makes a lot more sense than a fly swatter, which is what I was picturing as well haha

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I was picturing an owl hanging upside down from claws clinging to a fly swatter, which is actually a hilarious image hahaha

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How wild that these continents have such similar owls when so many other continents have owls that look like total aliens to me. Cause if you'd have told me that these were pics of a Burrowing Owl and a GHO, I'd 100% have believed you.

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This is incredible for comparison!! Thank you!!!

I'm actually surprised that they look more similar than I expected. Especially the coloring on this Pharoah individual and this Eurasian individual. But that body shape is surprisingly preserved across a lot of different geographies.

When it works, it works, I guess.

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Oh my goodness, I am very here for Goth Owl.

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Fuzzy paaaaants though

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Just like any child haha. "Oh, would you look at that! I have LEGS!"

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Pants are the best part of owl-natomy. Love it.

Also, good to know you can safely just put em back in trees, if you find a baby that fell down!

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Too fuzzy for this harsh world 😭

Also, shout out Franklin County! My home for 12 years back in the day.

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So demure

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This one is my favorite. Is his face differently colored because of environment? Or because he's juvenile?

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Oh yeah! I even upvoted that post lol. That is truly a dramatic color shift. Really fascinating.

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Wow, what a great mama! Sounds like she was born for this job.

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Ok, I know some country folks, and I can picture trying to deposit a chicken or maybe even a cow. But what on earth possessed this person to think an owl had financial value lol?

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White elephant game, we called that one when I was a kid lol

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Heck yeah Flammy Friday!

Perfect time to share this great video I found on YouTube this week: https://youtu.be/JB28cZaqu5U?si=PYi-c0B7M23jVWsS&t=11m45s

Turns out our Flammy makes the dorkiest little "honk" sound and it cracks me up. His hoot is pretty adorable though.

More sounds of other North American owls in this vid as well!

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I mean, I get it. But that also makes me realize whoever thinks THAT sounds like a woman screaming has never heard a random bobcat in the woods lol:

https://youtube.com/shorts/CzBwyXFZHCQ?si=3ioxySqyv_b9ra_G

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That is quite the dome you have there, Dolores.

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I'd rather try to rescue an owl by mistake than a bobcat! 😧

Right???

That's pretty funny, I never heard the bobcat do that before.

Oh really? I grew up deep in bobcat territory. They're terrifying.

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I will never get enough of baby owl fuzz.

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