#Great Gray Owl

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Great Gray Owl hunting along the shoreline of Lake Superior, mn

Taken February 2025

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Superb Owl Party 2025

Welcome to my Superb Owl party! Greetings owl!

Please enjoy these poorly made posters - with typos and all the skill of a middle school art student.

You are invited to your neighbor's annual Superb Owl party where you will meet the guests of honor who are vying for the title of Superb Owl.

Is that that a football or an owl's egg?

Remember, this is a human party and you should blend in. Do not unalive any guests.

[Yes. I know sign has typos. But it has GLITTER! A bloody stupid vampire made the posters.]

Now it is time to vote for the owl that is the greatest owl of all time!

Let me introduce the five contestants in the 2025 Superb Owl Contest. @herpsandbirds Paxon - I hope you approve!

Angelina - Stygian Owl

Angelina was a classical opera singer with a vocal range of four octaves. She became the lead singer of the metal band Talons of Death. The wildly popular band recorded two gold albums: Prey for Mercy and Night Screechers. Stygian owls have golden yellow eyes which glow red in low light, earning the nickname the devil’s owl. When not on the road with the band, she teaches music in local public schools.

Benjamin - Spot-Bellied Eagle Owl

Benjamin works for the United States Postal Service. He delivered bills and junk mail. Years of dedication, hard work, and attention to detail advanced his career. Now he works in the Dead Letter office deciphering illegible handwriting on envelopes in the Great Lakes district office. He enjoys chess and reading spy thrillers and murder mystery novels.

Bunny - Screech Owl

Bunny was a child star actor in popular nature shows, including Into the Wild with Jack Hanna. She was the runner-up for national bird of the United States, just behind the bald eagle. Today she models for Audubon and Birds and Blossoms. She creates mixed media artwork and builds avant-garde nests that are shown in art galleries around the world.

Jared - Spectacled Owl

Jared is a respected pundit and scholar of political science and philosophy. He is best known for his work on Foucault’s panopticon and state sponsored surveillance to control citizens. He’s an outspoken political activist. He enjoys world travel and eating exotic foods.  Recently, he wrote a dystopian science fiction novel and is waiting for a publisher to pick up the manuscript.

Nigel - Great Gray Owl

Nigel is in his third term as Prime Minister of the Parliament of Owls. His passion for serving owls and other species led to a life-long career in politics. He works for a better world for all animals and plants. His actions center on legislation to protect migration routes, conservation of wilderness habitats, and protection of endangered species. He enjoys touring the national parks and vacations in a cabin at Lake Tahoe.

Who is the superb owl! Please vote! Does anyone know how to create a poll? Please vote in the notes. Thanks!

Note: At the hospital were I work, the social wellbeing committee is having an office decorating contest for the Super Bowl. I work as an admin. assist. in a department currently has two people - myself and my boss. The office has space for 12 cubicles, and I'm the only one working here. The boss is only at the business offices one day a week, otherwise she's over at the main campus. To complicate matters, the office is locked on both sides and very few people ever come in. [Technically, my position is part of the administrative team, over on the main campus, but I never see anyone. Only one admin. assist. works with me remotely.] So how do I: 1) participate in social wellbeing and engage with coworkers, 2) decorate an office that is isolated from the outside world, 3) cleverly mock a sports event, and 4) be my true weird self? I choose the Superb Owl Party!

To make the decorations visible for people in the business center campus, I put the decorations in the hallway. We have a big white board that isn't attached to the wall. I put the posters on the white board and slid it out into the hallway! Then I notified a few people in other offices, "Hey, I decorated for the super bowl. Come over and see." And then I put out a little basket with a pen and sticky notes for people to cast their votes. At the end of the day on Friday, Bunny was the winner.

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heck yeah more funny owls

might do some St. Aggies next idk. feel free to request some characters (from books 1-13 bc I haven't read the others yet)

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Great Backyard Bird Off - Cosmopolitan Birds (poll 10)

Bird Info & Submission Reasons

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Continents: North America, Europe, Asia

"the worlds longest owl! they dont build nests so they lay their eggs in abandoned nests of other birds"

A large enigmatic owl of bogs, meadows, and coniferous forest. This rare and sought-after species is most often seen hunting around dawn and dusk, when it perches silently at the edges of clearings. Feeds mainly on voles. When vole populations crash, Great Grays can be found in large numbers south of their usual northern haunts, especially in winter. Yellow eyes and white bow-tie pattern on neck separate Great Gray from Barred. Its deep hoots are rarely heard. (eBird)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Continents: Europe, Africa, Asia

"I spent months thinking the little grebe in the park was a juvenile tufted duck but no they are actually that tiny. Also, fluffy bum."

"it is just so tiny in comparison to all other water birds"

Fairly common but often inconspicuous small diving bird of wetlands with bordering reeds and other vegetation. Often remains out of sight; less often out on open water (mainly in winter). Rather compact, with rounded head, puffy rear end. Seen mainly as singles and small loose flocks, often sleeping during the day. Breeding plumage often looks dark overall; in good light note dark rusty head and neck sides with yellow patch at base of bill. Nonbreeding plumage dingy pale brownish overall with dark cap. (eBird)

Image Sources: Owl (Lars Petersson), Grebe (Bhaarat Vyas)

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Flying low by Shelly Lynn Hachey O Via Flickr: Great Gray Owl

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a couple little northern hawk owl and great gray owl sketches

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“ℂ𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖” ❄️ 👍

Great Gray Owl

Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦

Perhaps not a popular opinion, but I look forward to the arrival of the “white stuff!” ⛄️ There is something special about capturing the magnificence of wild things in a snowy backdrop, don’t you think? 📸 😉..

📸 by Lisa M Jones Photography

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Early morning owl sighting

📍Minnesota

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great gray owl.jpg by Leon Burda Via Flickr: great gray owl, early morning

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i adore your blog so much — what are your favourite owl plushies? i love all owls but especially masked owls. also wanted to say i love the amount of nz birds featured!!

thank you so much!! i try to feature birds from different regions :> there's a LOT of owl plushies, here are some of them, i even found a masked owl for you <3

By Envirowoolly 🦉

By Antics 🦉 🦉

By NICI 🦉

By Wild Republic 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉

By Douglas 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉

By Aurora 🦉 🦉 🦉 🦉

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npekonen

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Sekowlbanki (real)

Its edited btw not real

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Added this 1978 stamp to my collection featuring Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa). These owls are the world's largest species of owl by length yet their size is deceptive - it is all mostly due to feathers while the body is light compared to other big owls. They are also not very easy to spot as they do not vocalize as much as other owls.

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BOTD: Great Gray Owl

Photo: Lisa Hupp

"A big nightbird, haunting woods of the far north and certain high mountains of the west. Its great size is partly illusion: it has very thick fluffy plumage, and its body size is smaller than it would appear, so it preys mostly on tiny rodents. When there is a population crash of voles and other rodents in the boreal forest, numbers of Great Gray Owls may drift into the northeast, causing excitement for birders."

- Audubon Field Guide

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Who are you look at? by Spirithills Via Flickr: Great Gray Owl