Owl of the Year Match 6 - Tawny Owl vs Blakiston's Fish Owl

casmael, 6 months ago

Can’t believe the fish owl took this one - such an upset at this stage of the competition :o

anon6789, 6 months ago

I was very shocked myself. The Tawny has been so well received here, and my 2 BFO posts didn’t get much traction. Many more Tawny pics to come though, I’ve gotten very fond of them.

Chetzemoka, 6 months ago

Blakiston’s gets my vote for sheer David Bowie dance magic vibes.

anon6789, 6 months ago

OMG you had me wondering what the heck I posted without noticing! The Labyrinth makes me think of one of Bowie’s other features before his hair! 😂

You are right though, once I got my mind out of the gutter! I do love that song too. You could really get away with all sorts of things in kids movies in the 80s…

Chetzemoka, 6 months ago

ahem “features” 😂

anon6789, 6 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2d97061a-8a2a-4ef0-a838-7ba14a16da6e.jpeg

MUCH less disturbing than the original!

(Not my best work, but I tried 😅)

Chetzemoka, 6 months ago

Japan approves of this edit.

pseudo, 6 months ago

There is one I want to pet and one I want to adopt.
Entre les deux, mon cœur balance.
I’ll sleep over this.

anon6789, 6 months ago

J’ai toujours envie de faire des câlins et de vivre dans mon jardin.

Il vous reste environ 12 heures pour voter, alors pas de soucis !

tryptaminev, 6 months ago

The fish owl imo. How cool is it, that there is owls who hunt fish?! And not only do they hunt fish, they are suspected to catch fish up to three times their own body weight.

Some fish these owls catch are quite large. Jonathan Slaght estimated that some fish caught are up to two to three times their own weight and has seen owls keep one foot on a tree root to be able to haul a large catch onto a bank.[3] The main prey suspected to be sought out in freezing winter months in flowing and brackish waters at the northeastern limits of their range were sculpin, lamprey and salmon, likely largely juveniles of the latter two types.[27] In the basin of the Bikin River, the mean body mass of fish caught was estimated at 0.6 to 0.9 kg (1.3 to 2.0 lb) Wikipedia

Also just look at their eyes. It is obvious that they know stuff, that we don’t even have a concept of knowing for.

anon6789, 6 months ago

Right?! I feel this owl is totally slept on!

It’s like an eagle in owl’s feathers. I’d love to see one of these in person for sure!

Sendpicsofsandwiches, 6 months ago

I like them both, but I have to vote Tawny Owl

anon6789, 6 months ago

The power of floof compells you!

casmael, 6 months ago

Tawny owl is a classic of the genre

anon6789, 6 months ago

I will admit the Tawny has made a “twit” out of me since I first saw it.

It’s hard to deny the noble strength of the BFO (Big F’n Owl?) though!

anon6789, 6 months ago

Blakiston’s Fish Owl

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2cc2ab65-d3bb-4b26-af0a-cc1786d06266.jpeg

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7717effb-a31e-4779-9038-844dab644727.jpeg

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eadc3ada-9062-4e7e-832a-8f87b673e12c.jpeg

pseudo, 6 months ago

I’ll choose this one because it’s the only owl I know that remind me more of a dog than a cat.

anon6789, 6 months ago

This is a good point! The owl for dog lovers!

anon6789, 6 months ago

Tawny Owl

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b671416b-eb5f-40b1-bf3c-62961b8340bc.jpeg

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4755081b-913c-42bf-9908-9afe1bd5c63a.jpeg

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f4d2f8fe-5690-4dd9-b03e-f35e0665eefa.jpeg