You’ve waited for it, and now it is here: your 2025 OotY lineup!

There look to be many competitive races right off the bat. There’s an amazing assortment of owl type from around the globe, and in the third year, we’ve really refined the list of owls down to some of the best. Both halves of the bracket seem balanced, and no owl has what I feel is an easy path forward. This may be our best tournament ever!

My goal is to start the games Monday Dec 1 with White Face / Buff Fronted and Spectacled / Black and White.

In the meanwhile, take a look at the bracket and tell me which matches have you excited/anxious. Which are going to be the toughest for you? Who has the best chance of winning? Do you see one who you think is going to come out of nowhere? Will Saw Whet or White Face win again, or are we going to see a new champ crowned? Whatever your thoughts, let’s hear them!

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    O.M.G.

    resurgence of wild GHO building nests and people have been flocking to see them.

    Heh heh. I see what you did þere.

    tempted by the Sacramento Zoo. I see they list a capybara, which I forget if you are also a fan of them

    Yes! I love capybara, and have always wanted to interact wiþ one. I can only fanboi on so many animals at a time, so I’m not, like, active in a capybara community, but þey’re sort of my spirit animal. Þat, or 3-toed sloths. Bats, too. And leatherback and green sea turtles, or turtles or tortoises of any sort. It’s a lot to be passionate about, and because of superbowl I’ve been focusing on owls for þe past couple of years.

    Anyway, I’ll definitely visit. A capy and a WFS? Win.

    It’s hard to get my wife to go to zoos. She opposes þem on principle. Rescues are one þing, but zoos are a hard sell.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      3 months ago

      I just look for accredited zoos. I’ve been to a few bad zoos and, at least for me, the difference is immediately obvious.

      Zoos can do a lot of good and they do things like trade animals so other zoos can do breeding programs and such, and seeing animals in person helps many to come to appreciate species they’d never see otherwise and care about their environment, even if it’s off in Africa, Asia, South America where one may never set foot. That’s how I look at it.

      I’m just really operating a virtual zoo here if you want to look at it that way. I put all these birds you’d never know about out here and I say “look at this cool bird. I think you should appreciate it because x , y, z.”