We are coming to an end of the second year of c/superbowl, and I think we’ve had a really good year together. We’ve covered a ton of great topics, and we’ve got a pretty good group of people commenting on a daily basis. A lot of people have been hanging around since last year, and we’re still doing well overall in the list of active communities and we’ve grown by about 50% since last year. There’s a lot of people recommending us whenever I see a “what communities are must subscribe?” list.

We have a lot of fun, we learn a lot, and I hope we feel a better connection to the world around us.

I’ll post some top whatever lists below in the comments to look at some of the things we’ve done and some of the things you may have missed.

    • anon6789OP
      9•6 days ago

      I appreciate you all just as much. It takes me and you to make the dynamic we have here!

  • anon6789OP
    22•6 days ago

    I made our Owl of the Year donation to my local animal and owl rescue. Here’s the mock up of this year’s plaque:

    It will join last year’s White Face Scops plaque in the center’s office building. Hopefully the donation buys some juicy mice or important medicine.

  • anon6789OP
    18•6 days ago

    Future Plans

    • Finish the overwhelmingly good book, What an Owl Knows, and make some posts from it

    • More posts from other countries (got some great ones started already!)

    • Write a good article about the City of Long Eared Owls

    • Find more scientific journal articles

    • Come up with the new Owl of the Year banners/icons

    • Whatever else I feel like doing!

    • @[email protected]
      2•3 days ago

      Late-ish reply, but wow… may I ask what the book is about exactly?, as well as what is City of Long Eared Owls, haha.

      • anon6789OP
        1•3 days ago

        No worries, anyone can always ask a question about any of my posts in this community, no matter how old!

        The book is an all around exposé on everything owl and owl related. I’ve gone over a few things in posts, but when i was reading the e-version, I was highlighting too many things to keep up making posts on! The owl tracking dogs, the Blakiston’s Fish drones, the acoustic experimentation, there was just so much that I took a break and then got too distracted with other things.

        It’s a really fun and easy to understand book written for normal people with a slight abnormal desire to know about owls but not so much they want a college text. I recommend it, or listening to some of the author’s podcast appearances to see if it’s something you’d be into.

        For the City of Owls, I want to keep that a surprise for now until I can get a big feature about it written!

  • anon6789OP
    14•6 days ago

    Top Posts of the Year (by me, not cartoony, meme stuff)

    Eurasian Scops
    435 upvotes, 43 comments
    Cool pic of a Scops. Thought he’d do better in OotY after this, but it seems this was just the right pic at the right time.

    Weight and See
    405 upvotes, 48 comments
    GHO in a funny pose getting its weight taken

    Hide and seek with the longest owl, the Great Grey
    402 upvotes, 20 comments
    Post highlighting how even the biggest of owls can just disappear

    Bump on a Log
    390 upvotes, 19 comments
    Boreal Owl peaks out of its hiding place

    ‘Biggest relief imaginable’: Eugene wildlife center’s owl found after storm damage
    359 upvotes ,18 comments
    Cascades Raptor Center destroyed by huge winter storm, lost owl is rescued

  • anon6789OP
    11•6 days ago

    Most Slept on Posts

    [Find-the_Flammy](https://lemmy.world/post/15014896}
    45 upvotes
    Shows how hard it is to spot some of these owls in their natural environment

    Climate Change and Housing Adaptation: Owl Edition
    51 upvotes
    How climate change is impacting owl/bird house designs

    Article Discussion: Hoot owl biology and the U.S. government
    54 upvotes
    Deep thoughts from both sides of the Spotted/Barred Owl debate

    Owl Displays from the Carnegie Natural History Museum, some great, some not so much…
    56 upvotes
    Museum exhibits of various quality, great diamara and cute ookpik

    Camouflage Isn’t What It Appears To Be
    71 upvotes
    Short video on animal camouflage