Our bottom 3 polling owls of the tournament.
All fantastic owls, mainly a victim of circumstance of being early round unknown birds.
Wanted to give them a spotlight for a moment so everyone can see how great they are too!
this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2023
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How do you downvote this face! What a dork, I love him.
He makes a hell of a statement for sure!
The eyes on this one will peer into your soul and suck out it's contents
These do look a bit creepier compared to say, the Flammulated Owl, but I have a soft spot for the little bug eyed ones.
Astounding that they didn't get more votes. They're all such muppets.
Right?
I like Hawk Owl's serious face, but that's his same look in almost every pic, so I don't think he would've gone on to win it. Still way better than the 16ish votes it got.
Bare Legged has the legs and the big eyes, he was just in before the fervor built up and was against the top seeded owl. Lil guy never had a chance starting like that.
Crested Owl was up against the Screech, which is tough for anyone, but Crested is like an amped up Screech, so it had a shot. This would have majorly shaken things up if it woulda taken out Screech in round 1.