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The Sleeping Tree (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by anon6789@lemmy.world to c/superbowl@lemmy.world

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From Thomas Becher

Hilfe, ich seh doppelt! Waldohreulen im Schlafbaum. Canon EOS R5m2 * EF 300 mm f/2.8 L IS II USM 1/320 Sec. * f/18 * 300 mm * ISO 1250

Help I'm seeing double!

Long Eared Owls in the Mimosa Tree.

So the auto translation made Schlafbaum = sleeping tree. I wasn't sure if that was accurate (both owls look wide awake after all...) so it turns out it is the Mimosa, Silk Tree, Silk Bark Tree, etc. I'm thinking that's the proper translation, but I can only ID like 3 kinds of tree, and this isn't one of them.

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[–] You@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fun fact: Schlafbaum can be both. Either a tree that's also known as "Seidenbaum" or "Seidenakazie" (albizia julibrissin) or a tree in which birds spend time to sleep or rest during the night and in case of our lovely long-eared owls the day.

Waldohreulen an Schlafplatz (long-eared owls at their roost)

Die Waldohreule (Asio otus) ist eine einheimische Eule, jetzt im Winter aber sieht man auch Vögel aus Skandinavien. Regelmäßig suchen die Vögel ihren Schlafbaum auf, aber die großen Eulen sind perfekt getarnt und deshalb nur schwer zu entdecken, selbst wenn man weiß, in welchem Baum die Vögel tagsüber ruhen.

Die Aufnahmen zeigen zwei Waldohreulen, ruhend nahe beieinander in einem Baum. Zum Glück sind die Vögel sehr geduldig und lassen sich, bei Einhaltung von genügend Abstand und nur behutsamem Bewegen, nicht aus der Ruhe bringen.

The long-eared owl (Asio otus) is a native owl, but in winter you can also see birds from Scandinavia. The birds regularly return to their roosting tree, but the large owls are perfectly camouflaged and therefore difficult to spot, even if you know which tree the birds rest in during the day.

The photos show two long-eared owls resting close together in a tree. Fortunately, the birds are very patient and, if you keep a sufficient distance and move carefully, they will not be disturbed.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Very nice info! I liked how it seemed to work with either translation, but that is neat that it actually does mean both things!

I'm going to have to start checking out DeepL for more translations, since I am digging into more and more non-English sources.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Check the new post I just shared and you can see a place that has 100+ LEOs in a tree and they consider that normal!