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From Suffolk Owl Sanctuary

Meet Ember - a touch of magic to the skies. Ember is the same species as other barn owls seen in the UK, but he has extra melanin (pigmentation) in his feathers which makes him that gorgeous charcoal and orange! We think Ember is gorgeous!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Toasted to perfection, and absolutely gorgeous!

[–] anon6789 7 points 1 week ago

I love the unusual ones.

I haven't done any reading to see if melanism has any side effects like leucism does. I'll have to read up on that...

Some of the Masked Owls have nice colorations somewhat like this guy. We'll have to feature some of those soon too.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

oOOOo a chocolate-caramel owl! Now just need to find some graham cracker owls and a marshmallow owl.

Looking good, Ember!

[–] anon6789 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please refrain from eating the owls 😜

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 1 week ago

Awwww . . . . fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's great, but weird.

[–] anon6789 5 points 1 week ago

Share a gift this Giving Tuesday with Suffolk Owl Sanctuary here.

I'd always recommend you donate to your local rescue first, but if you've liked some of the work this charity had provided this year or can't find who your local rescue is, these people will still appreciate whatever you would like to share.

No specific endorsement by me here, just sharing donate links for whomever happened to be in my posts today. As I said, you should fund your local rescue first.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Beautiful. I thought it was a sooty owl.

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm looking forward to seeing more Sooties coming up in the tournament, but they are up against GHO, so I'm a little sad to see one of them get bumped right away. Sooties are awesome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, I agree, but then again it's at least a little sad when any owl leaves the tournament...

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 week ago

Very true, declaring the losing owl is the hardest part of my job.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789 5 points 1 week ago

I can only imagine he is more amazing in person!