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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Take a bow, you superbest of superb owls!

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

The King/Queen of Hoots!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This one really sells it for me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I love the puffy pants.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All hail hypno-owl

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

Hoot

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

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

This look! So judgy, lol.

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

This may be my favorite owl face

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 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!

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

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

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

Santa, is that you?

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

This Santa leaves pellets instead of coal!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 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 11 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?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 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] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A great ending for another good superb owl season.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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

Sweet :)

I wonder, what stories to birds tell- about being caught, stuffed in a sock, then measured… and given that bit of jewelry before being let go.

Like. How similar would that be to an alien abduction story?

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

Some of them probably like the shiny bling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Probably. But …. Everything else? Lol. The belly fat check….

I could just see the Jays making up some kind of tough-guy stuff to impress people; then getting found out when others started showing up with the band

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 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.

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

What a superb owl!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I was sad it got knocked out so soon too!

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

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

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

Yeah. My normal instance was down for awhile.

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

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

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

They look both menacing and surprised depending on the angle!

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

That really is a superb owl!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

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

I like how vibrant orange its eyes are!

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