From Jay Wooster

Bathed in the last light of day, a gorgeous Great Horned Owl pauses on a fence post before night takes over ! Florida, December 2025

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
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      28 days ago

      Oooo, a cravat? The puffy neck thing?

      I like this photo because the posture makes it seem like it’s just about to let out a hoot. They really put their whole body into it and the neck puffs out so much to get that projection behind it.

      That, or it’s about to poo with its rump feathers up like that! 😅

      • pseudo@slrpnk.net
        2·
        27 days ago

        Yeah. I wanted to say a “tie” idk how I ended writing up that weird word. I didn’t knew english had the word “cravat”.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          27 days ago

          No worries, friend! Cravat I think is more appropriate than tie in this context. It’s not a commonly used word, and it’s more an old fashioned or traditional item is clothing than a modern style tie, which would be a cravate to you, from what I can tell.

          This is what I pictured from you using that word, which I felt matched the picture: