Superb Owl MondayCongratulations to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their decisive victory yesterday ov
Superb Owl MondayCongratulations to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their decisive victory yesterday over the Kansas City Chiefs in Superb Owl LV!! And Congratulations to Tom Brady for becoming the Superb Owl GOAT (Greatest of All Time, that is)! Brady and the Buccaneers truly displayed the motivation of grand owls, so to honor them we present a hand-colored plate from the Scottish-American ornithologistAlexander Wilson‘s 1828-29 edition ofAmerican Ornithology published in 3 volumes and one atlas by Collins & Co. in New York and Harrison Hall in Philadelphia. This copy is from our sibling department, the American Geographical Society Library, and the plate displayed here depicts a Barred Owl(Strix varia) and a Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), with aRough-legged Falcon (Buteo lagopus) thrown in for good measure.It was not our intention to parallel the Chiefs with the dead rat about to be devoured whole by Mr. Short-eared, but after all, the game was a 31-9 blow-out. Sorry.View our previous Superb Owl posts, including one when the Chiefs were the dominant owl.View more motivated (and some unmotivated) owls. -- source link
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