I hope this is not Finland like the name Sisu would suggest as it’s very much forbidden to make any live fires at the moment - wildfire warning is set for the whole country. People are ignoring the warnings and starting forests fires with careless campfires, cigarette butts and such. :(

Wow, really beautiful and interesting shots and a nice description of the stretch routine!

Haha well it’s an interesting language and definitely not the easiest one to learn, so prepare to spend some time should you dive deeper into it! :D

One could say “oletko ihan pöllö?” - “are you a total owl?” meaning “are you stupid?” (silly/dumb, in a softer way), or “ei pöllömpi idea!” “not owlier an idea!” meaning “not a stupid idea!”. Not a commonly used expression though.

Huuhkaja is the only owl without “pöllö” in its name. “Pöllö” is sometimes to describe something as “silly” or “stupid”, we could say “are you an owl” to ask if someone is being dumb - which is a bit strange because owls are not considered stupid animals, quite the opposite!

I find it odd they didn’t mention the species but Ural Owl is a good guess! They are called “viirupöllö” (striped owl) in Finnish.

Haha indeed! The translation was a bit off in some parts but at least it made a good laugh!

Oops, something went wrong with my post and pics and link went missing, good you found them!

Indeed! Would be easy to just shrug it off and let nature deal with it but thankfully they didn’t and the little owls have a whole life ahead of them!

Good tip! I went and studied the Owl-natomy posts and indeed learned a lot!

Wow, these fellas look like hawks! Interesting how versatile the owls are!

Also thank you for sharing all these great owl pics and info, I joined the group spontaneously when I saw an interesting picture on my feed and now I’ve kinda started to look forward new owl news - these posts often make my day! Quality stuff!