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!
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.”