this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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Photos by Benny Ng

Nice handful of pics of one of our favorite owls.

This lead photo is a pose I don't think we've had before.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why, thank you!!! ☺️

Ohhh, the owl... 😔

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

It's got so much personality for a big owl. It's usually just the small ones that seem to capture that wide range of "emotion," I feel this really lets the Buffy capture people's attention.

I was a fan since I first learned of it, but pulling all the photos for the tournament really showed how wonderful this owl is able to be captured by the camera in a way many others aren't.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel that face could have gone further. Still, owl photos always appreciated.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Buffy went far for an owl most of us had never heard of. That was what I was hoping to see from everything. Buffy, Flammy, the Big F'n Owl, and Sooty all got to go from zero to hero. I look forward to showing off more of the Ketupa genus, which included Buffy, Big F'n, and 2 other fish owls, plus about a dozen that got booted from genus Bubo, the horned owls. There are also the fishing owls of genus Scotopelia, so lots more of these guys to come!

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I admit, I voted for Buffy due to the name first. But cuteness worked too.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Love needn't be rationalized! The heart wants what it wants. 🥰

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Why are you lookin' at me like that.. is my fly down or sometin'?

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My baby! I love Buffy so much😍

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Buffy really does embody "superb."

[–] casmael@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow what a lot of character this one has 🦉

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

This is getting to be one popular owl!