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The votes of Round 1 are in, and these are the owls moving on to the tournament:

  • Long Eared
  • Crested
  • Eurasian Eagle
  • Great Horned
  • Barred
  • Oriental Bay
  • Barking
  • Spectacled

Thanks for all your votes. You made some good choices. Tawny is the one I'm saddest to see go, they look so gentle and loveable, but there is always next year and any other time I find a good picture.

It's time to select the final 8! There are a lot of owls we have to seen very much of, possibly a few we've never had featured before. Let me know who you like, and then I can get our bracket set up.

Rules are simple and the same as before: simply upvote which you like.

Vote for one or two, vote for all, vote for none, the choice is yours.

Downvotes do not count.

Ladies and gentlemen, the choices are yours. Let's see those votes! I'll leave this open for a week again.

#superbowl #owloftheyear24

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

I do like Harryhausen

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

Bubo is timeless!

Genus bubo no longer strictly only has horned owls in it thanks to the fishing owls.

The word bubo though, is Latin, so it is an interesting name choice for a Greek owl-bot.

The most appropriate word for owl from Ancient Greek I could find from a brief search is "glaukós," which means "bright" in reference to their eyes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

It's happy and angry at the same time! 😆

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Aw yeah, that’s a real working person’s owl right there.

You know he’s got a 35-year old pickup truck next to the garage he’s kept running for decades despite the inside being full of receipts and wrappers and an ashtray full of change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago

It doesn't have time for the beauty regime of the Shortie. It's got real work to do!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like my cat when she's angy. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

Cat tax! Cat tax! 😸

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

Brown Hawk Owl

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Another owl with a make-up face (^_^)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

I also really like its patch of "hair" on its head!

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Black Banded Owl

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Mottled Wood Owl

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Himalayan Owl

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Spotted Wood Owl

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Milky Eagle Owl

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Spotted Owlet

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Philippine Scops Owl

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Dusky Eagle Owl

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Jamaican Owl

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Indian Scops Owl

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Eurasian Scops