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WINNER: SNOWY OWL 67-41

Snowy Owl had a good showing in its first round, winning out over the other black and white owl, the Black and white Owl. The equally large Great Horned Owl was defeated after a tough all day battle, so you have to question if it will be a liability for Snowy today. On the other hand, Snowy is a perennial favorite, and arguably one of the most beautiful owls according to quite a number of you. Will Snowy move on, or will it be relegated back to meme status until next year?

Short Eared Owl handily beat the out of this world looking Oriental Bay Owl in round 1. It's adorable but devilish look probably has good crossover appeal with those also feverishly voting for the Goth Owl, Sooty. Like the Barn Owls, Shorty had picked up a variety of different looks around the world. A few are on display for you today, including the darker Galapagos variation. Will those little horns, round chubby face, and great color variations be enough to take down another of the top tier owls in this tournament?

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[–] anon6789 70 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What forms a large part of the snowy owl's diet? That's right, LEMMINGS!

If we have any sense of self preservation, we shall vote this MURDERER out of the competition. (/s)

[–] anon6789 2 points 11 months ago

I hadn't thought of it that way before!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry Snowy. You get too much attention. Time to stand aside for some new talent

[–] anon6789 5 points 11 months ago

Oh no you didn't! 😮

I can see why you support the little devil!

I feel this is going to be another intense match though between people wanting the classic, and those like you looking for something fresh.

[–] anon6789 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] bestnerd 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love how these look. They always look so offended “ the absolute gaul of this dude”

[–] anon6789 4 points 11 months ago

They do have one of the more intense stares. It doesn't look mean, but it's definitely a you don't want any of this look.

[–] Crackhappy 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Snowy is so last year. Short eared is the new hotness.

[–] anon6789 2 points 11 months ago

I've been pleasantly surprised that none of these matchups has been totally one sided or predictable. Everyone has been a good sport about how it all plays out as well. This is turning out to be a lot of fun.

[–] udon 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789 20 points 11 months ago

Ya mean like this???

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Short eared look like he will f you up.
Snowy look like he will derp you up.

[–] anon6789 5 points 11 months ago

That sounds like an accurate analysis to me!

[–] bazus1 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Short Eared because their eye shadow game is on a whole other level

[–] anon6789 2 points 11 months ago

Absolutely one of my fav things about them!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Short eared owl is the only species I have somewhat successfully photographed. Helps that they hunt in the day sometimes!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I guess it's easier to frame the subject, compared to the long eared owls :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

👂 👂 📸

But seriously I wish I was close enough for the long ears not to fit in frame

[–] anon6789 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You should share the photo with us!

I like that they just sleep in a divot in the ground. I admire their minimalism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yup I’ll pop a couple of pics up in a bit although they are a bit amateur. My lemmy instance has been having issues uploading pics tho, so I’ll probably have to mess around a bit first 🤔

[–] anon6789 4 points 11 months ago

No worries. They cant be worse than half the pics I post that I take with my phone zoom maxed out! 😜

A decent enough owl pic is better than no owl pic I always say.

[–] loganberryq 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oof, this one's tough. Guess I'll go with Snowy though.

[–] anon6789 5 points 11 months ago

Every owl at this stage has so much going for it you cant go wrong!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After the hairy owls, the ones with make up !
Do you like a beautiful dark mouth that stick out in the face or deep smoky eyes ?

[–] anon6789 2 points 11 months ago

Careful, there's such thing as loving owls too much! That mascara sure does something though, doesn't it?? 😍

Ahem! Where was I again now??? 🤣