White Faced Scops walked into this tournament like a true champion, and none of its competition has yet to present much of a challenge. This owl just looks good. It’s got the ears, it’s got a prominent mustache, captivating orange eyes, and a trendy monochromatic color scheme. He’s so far untouchable, but we’ve got a tiny owl coming in for a sneak attack!
The wee Saw Whet has been very accomplished these last two weeks. It’s taken on the Barred Owl, the pescatarian Buffy Fish Owl, and it just out-greated the Great Horned Owl. This itty bitty owl has shown it’s got big, big heart. It’s small, it’s expressive, it’s got a lot of unique looks, and it’s uncommon, but not as exotic to most of us as the Scops.
Will the Scops march unopposed to the finals, or has it finally met its match? Will the Saw Whet’s winning streak keep going? I dunno, that’s what you guys are here to tell me! Upvote your choice for the finals now!
#superbowl #owloftheyear2024
Saw Whet Owl
Man that last picture is incredible
Agreed. So many wonderful colors, and a sweet expression on the owl.
White Faced Scops
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It’s Ok, Scopes. You’ll always be my favorite.You can narrow it down to only one???
Yes. And it’s all thanks to you. I didn’t have one before superbowl.
White-Faced Scopes has got it all going on: really interesting, symmetrical, distinctive face patterns; prominent riktal bristles; prominent ear tufts; amazingly colored eyes; wonderful feather colors; and it’s adorably tiny. Other owls may dominate in individual categories - GHO has bigger ear tufts, Snowy has shockingly beautiful (if monochromatic) coloring, Saw Whet is even more adorably tiny - but WF Scopes has all of these attractive traits in spades.
So: yes. I can narrow it down to one, and it’s for me really not hard. I haven’t yet seen a WFS picture I didn’t think was an incredible creature.
Every time OP finds new pictures and every time I’m in awe…
The pressure is always on to top my last effort! Thankfully they are all so beautiful to begin with.
Now that’s a tough match. It’s the first time it’s really hard to decide for me.
It was always just a matter of when! And the biggest match is still left after this.
Dammit. I new this day would come.
it’s got a prominent mustache
“Riktal bristles.” 😉
I’ve finally reached these keeeeds!
Hard matchup. Only thing that would make it better is for the pictures to be switched so that they’re staring each other down a la boxers.
Good call. I did that on the Snowy/Eagle one.
I changed it. Much better!
Now they are even cuter
Oh no, don‘t do this to me
You did it to yourselves! 😜
It does get irrationally difficult.
This is such a close match! C’mon little Saw Whet, you got this. ❤️
Both have been back and forth all day, it’s so nerve wracking!
When I look at both of them, I got the feeling they are equally beautiful but still my heart has a favorite and I cannot do anything about it…
Comme on dit : le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ignore.I like that expression! ❤️
I love premade expression. Unfortunatly, they cannot be easily translated.
This one wasn’t too bad compared to others. With the key words I think it’s straightforward enough to get an appropriate meaning in English.
