In early June, during a televised soccer match between Finland and Belgium, and after about 15 minutes of the start of the game, a huge Eagle Owl flew onto the field and landed on one of the goal posts. The game was stopped for seven minutes because the owl was sitting on the field and eventually on both goal posts. It also gently cruised around the field, as you can see on the posted video-clip. Apparently, the owl had a nest somewhere in the stadium. The video is in Finnish, and the audience is heard shouting, “Huuhkaja! Huuhkaja,”meaning “Eagle Owl, Eagle Owl,” as the owl is sitting on the crossbars goal.
rakkityed.schmahl
Amazing how coolly and leisurely the owl flew around the field, just like it was studying the players and fans.
el Kib
Amazing how coolly and leisurely the players, fans and officialdom waited the owl out, as if it had as much right to be there as they did. Maybe as if its right trumped theirs.
rakkity
Yes, that too! Would the fans, players and officials have behaved like that in other countries, or are the Finns unusually cool and leisurely?
BirdBrain
I wonder…do you believe that what they are shouting
in Finnish is “Eagle Owl”?? Or might it be, “get off
the field you damn bird!”??