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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 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why, thank you!!! ☺️

Ohhh, the owl... 😔

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago
[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years 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.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My baby! I love Buffy so much😍

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Buffy really does embody "superb."

[–] casmael@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow what a lot of character this one has 🦉

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is getting to be one popular owl!