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2023 Owl of the Year Winner!!! White Faced Scops Owl!!! (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by anon6789 to c/superbowl

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With a final score of 125-99, it is clear that White Faced Scops in your choice for the first ever SuperbOwl Owl of the Year! WFS will in the near future be our new community icon, and Snowy, Screech, and Buffy will share the banner. We'll come up with some good ideas and see what looks best and get that taken care of.

All the owls have gotten a ton of support from you guys, which I loved seeing, and you've all joined in the fun and hopefully had a great time. This all went very well and I'm glad it really got all of you excited each day.

We're over 2100 members strong on Lemmy.World, more than double what it was back in July. It's great to be here enjoying this group with you. I hope we keep growing and keep having fun learning about owl stealthy feathered friends together. There are many more owls left to share with you, and many things left to learn and talk about.

Thank you all for your participation and being a great community of people!!!

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[–] anon6789 47 points 6 months ago

[–] anon6789 44 points 6 months ago

[–] anon6789 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Take a bow, you superbest of superb owls!

[–] anon6789 4 points 6 months ago

The King/Queen of Hoots!

[–] anon6789 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This one really sells it for me

[–] anon6789 6 points 6 months ago

I love the puffy pants.

[–] anon6789 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

All hail hypno-owl

[–] anon6789 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hoot

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[–] rustydomino 11 points 6 months ago

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[–] anon6789 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This look! So judgy, lol.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This may be my favorite owl face

[–] anon6789 3 points 6 months ago

This owl's expressiveness I feel really helped it. Some owls look goofy, or grumpy, but this guys has a pic of every mood!

[–] anon6789 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He sees the things you do when you think no one is watching! 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Santa, is that you?

[–] anon6789 4 points 6 months ago

This Santa leaves pellets instead of coal!

[–] FluorideMind 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A great ending for another good superb owl season.

[–] FuglyDuck 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So does they get a special Superb Owl ~~Ring~~Band?

[–] anon6789 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Next one I catch gets a snazzy gold plated one! 😁

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[–] anon6789 7 points 6 months ago

I can guarantee there's never been a better one before this!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for setting this up. This has been a lot of fun!

[–] anon6789 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's been a lot of work, but even more fun.

Looking forward to going back to some easier posts, but can't wait to do it again next year!

I'll pull some stats from the tourney and pick out some highlight reel stuff from all the posts of the year too as a year end rewind type thing yet as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yah, you put in a ton of work on this; it's much appreciate!

I'm curious to know if there was a spike in subscriptions during the contest - do you have access to historical subscriber data?

[–] anon6789 6 points 6 months ago

I wish I did. I haven't found any good resource for checking stats like that. I should have just logged them myself.

From just glancing at it when I think of it though, we seem to gain 5-10 a day pretty consistently, which I like. I'd rather a few people trickle in from All, or new Reddit migrants than a big influx after a meme or something and then all the new people never check in again.

I want you guys to have this as something you look forward to every day and where you'll find something at least somewhat consistent. There's still a lot of other doom and gloom that gets posted elsewhere, so I like keeping this as the social media palate cleanser.

If we ever do get historical data, I'd love to see it though and see where the spikes are.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m sad Snowy lost, but WFS is truly a superb owl.

Thanks for running this. It was a lot of fun and something to look forward to each day.

[–] anon6789 6 points 6 months ago

Good, I saw your name come up a lot so I could tell you liked it.

I hope you enjoy the normal day to day posts too!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What a superb owl!

[–] anon6789 12 points 6 months ago

The people have spoken, and it is deemed....SUPERB!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love that this sub is here. Also pics in the comments is exactly what I came here for! 💯

[–] anon6789 5 points 6 months ago

Good, we'll be getting back to much more of that!

[–] xpinchx 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe next year, Tawny Owl.... maybe next year 🥲

[–] anon6789 3 points 6 months ago

I was sad it got knocked out so soon too!

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

I am shocked. But I guess this is what I get for not voting.

[–] anon6789 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I technically didn't vote either, but that's why it's always important to vote whenever you get the chance. We don't always get a say in things, so when the opportunity arises, you should always make your voice heard!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. My normal instance was down for awhile.

[–] anon6789 4 points 6 months ago

Oh no! I'll add a vote for Snowy if you want me to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That is a superbly owly-looking owl. Well deserved win!

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[–] WalrusByte 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad WFS won! I was rooting for it, but was worried the popularity of Snowy would win out. This little mustachioed owl was too cool not to win!

[–] anon6789 3 points 6 months ago

I expected Snowy to win or for it to be a much closer race. Snowy still did very well, but it was another big surprise for me.

I'm curious hoo will be popular next year!

[–] JJROKCZ 3 points 6 months ago

They look both menacing and surprised depending on the angle!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That really is a superb owl!

[–] anon6789 2 points 6 months ago

When the b-owl-ots were totaled, there was no question!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like how vibrant orange its eyes are!

[–] anon6789 1 points 6 months ago

Orange eyes are my favorite owl eyes. Some other animals have amber eyes, but I never see any with ones that are this vibrant!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@[email protected]

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