Our finalist from last year, Eurasian Eagle Owl was locked in a dead heat all day with Buffy. I finally found a person to break the tie, and while they didn’t like the flying pics of Buffy as much, they liked its floppy plumicorns and more casual look over the more rigid Eurasian Eagle Owl.
Since I had no idea which outcome to prepare for, I made a photoset for both. So here is what we would have gotten to face off against White Face had it gone the other way.
I’m happy to see so many close rounds. Eagle owl will surely come back strong next time
Yup, Eagle is going nowhere. Great run this year, and it took 2 days for my tiebreaker to decide, and it was a finalist last year. Eagle is soooo close to taking it.
EEO is a wonderful, superb owl!
But the fans want what they want, innit.
They want those floppy ears of the fish owl!
Buffy is the sky cat that was raised by sky dogs.
(Do sky dogs even exist?)
Hmmm… Parrots are social and can do tricks sometimes… And can bark incessantly if they want. 🤔
A want a gigantic monster of a bird to win this contest and I won’t discriminate.
Buffy and Snowy are definitely heavy duty hiboux!
You are mistaken my english speaking french: even though the snowy owl has tiny plumicorns, their size and position make them almost invisible and commun language consider the harfangs des neiges as a chouette even though it is from the Bubo family which is the most distinctivly hibou family of them all.
Edit: After a quick wikipedia check it seems to be also classified as a member of the Strix family, which is very clearly a family of chouette .
Animal classification brings out the worst in biologists and linguists 😁
Haha, exactly! 😁
All the new availability of genetic testing has both let us know more than ever, but also expands our awareness of all we don’t know and disproves things we thought we knew without always giving new answers.
And then all the worst people get mad about having to redo all their writing and start calling things other names.
Heck yeah we do!
A would like to take a moment of silence for the EEO. It has fallen but only to let the BFO raise. Now every big owl lover will cheer for the Buffy Fish Owl. May it won this year competition!
That was a close one… But the Buffy’s eyebrow game is on point too, so I’m not mad! :D
With 2 great finishes in a row, Eagle Owl is going to be due for a big win soon! Next time, big guy! Eagle Owl 2026!
