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OPEN - 2025 Owl of the Year Qualifier - Group A (europe.pub)

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/trumpets and fanfare

Welcome, one and all, to the opening ceremonies of the 3rd Annual Owl of the Year!

They've delighted, educated, and entertained you for the last 12 months, and now we see which owls have captured your heart the most.

We've taken the top 16 from last year's event and ranked them by their average scores. Previous winners, White Faced Owl and Saw Whet Owl are still the top of the game, but it is anything but certain who is going to come out on top this year.

Even with just these competitors, there are going to be some bitter matches in the early rounds. But it's no free ride for the previous owls - they must compete against some looking for rematches and some newcomers to shake things up, and that is why we are here now!

Today I will be putting up 4 groups of 6 for you to vote on. The bottom 2 owls will be eliminated, and the winners of all groups will be ranked based on their final scores.

To vote is easy - just upvote any and all owls you like. Downvotes don't count, so don't try. I'll leave this open for the week, ending sometime Saturday (I'll be on vacation so I get to it when I can!) and then the official games will begin!

Good luck to all your favorites, and may the best owl win!

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

Oh, very interesting to learn those things about you!

I miss having pets in some ways, but in other ways not, and that was one of the things that got me volunteering at the clinic. They weren't animals born to be commercialized, they are our native species.

While petting them is not so much a thing, as they aren't into that, I still get to touch a lot of things most people never will, and I get an authentic look into their private lives. It's not a buddy relationship like with pets, it's a real sense of giving back to my local wildlife. I don't get cuddles or signs of affection, I just know I didn't what I could to help them get back to the wild, if possible.

I love my home spiders at this point. Small ones I let roam and just don't tell Mrs 6789 about, but the big ones I help back outside to hopefully do their thing somewhere else. I think wolf spiders are cool, but I still don't wish to be surprised by one in my slipper or what not.