Bursting with Personality

Lol, ironically you guys don't like the same owls that I like to some extent, so I end up skipping posting some things I like and purposefully looking for things you all like.

But you have stumbled upon something that I've noticed from my feed this year. The first year of doing this my sources were almost all rescues, so it was a pretty even variety of owls all year because they are all local to those rescues.

After getting all the rescues followed in my feed, I started getting wildlife photographers recommended to me. While many are still US based, so it's the same species overall, now there are "seasons" where the photographers can either capture them raising young at specific times, or catching migratory species like the Saw Whet and Boreal and Snowy, so the photographers will also "migrate" for those photo ops.

I try not to post more than 1 post of each owl a day so nobody gets bored, but to those like yourself paying close attention, you will notice what owls are seasonally active.

By trying to get more non-US content, that is another thing I think that can be softened, as there will be more active seasons spread over more area. I'm sure there's a Fish Owl season or a White Faced Scops season, I just need to find the people that get those opportunities. Places like Owl Rescue Centre in South Africa have been a blessing because we have no overlap in species, yet they still speak English.

As I get Middle Eastern and Asian owls though, I need to learn how to translate into languages I have no understanding of to find keywords to get me what I need. Languages will have multiple words for owls or animal sanctuaries, and it is very hard to guess what a committee translator will give me for matches for those terms. So you will see a trickle of new content this year as I crack bits of the code.

I think I've just given you way more info than you were looking for. I prefer the Saw Whet to the Boreal so far, but if anyone finds they love the more rare Boreal, this time is for them, unless Boreal posts don't do well, and I'll scale them back.

Long Ears are my top owl you guys don't care about as much as I do, and wood owls will do well if I post one, but sticking with them seems to take away from the group interest.

The taste preferences and habits of you all keep me about as interested as the owls do! 😆

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Boreals are having a moment this year, aren't they?
New crush, anon?
- Lol, ironically you guys don't like the same owls that I like to some extent, so I end up skipping posting some things I like and purposefully looking for things you all like.
  But you have stumbled upon something that I've noticed from my feed this year. The first year of doing this my sources were almost all rescues, so it was a pretty even variety of owls all year because they are all local to those rescues.
  After getting all the rescues followed in my feed, I started getting wildlife photographers recommended to me. While many are still US based, so it's the same species overall, now there are "seasons" where the photographers can either capture them raising young at specific times, or catching migratory species like the Saw Whet and Boreal and Snowy, so the photographers will also "migrate" for those photo ops.
  I try not to post more than 1 post of each owl a day so nobody gets bored, but to those like yourself paying close attention, you will notice what owls are seasonally active.
  By trying to get more non-US content, that is another thing I think that can be softened, as there will be more active seasons spread over more area. I'm sure there's a Fish Owl season or a White Faced Scops season, I just need to find the people that get those opportunities. Places like Owl Rescue Centre in South Africa have been a blessing because we have no overlap in species, yet they still speak English.
  As I get Middle Eastern and Asian owls though, I need to learn how to translate into languages I have no understanding of to find keywords to get me what I need. Languages will have multiple words for owls or animal sanctuaries, and it is very hard to guess what a committee translator will give me for matches for those terms. So you will see a trickle of new content this year as I crack bits of the code.
  I think I've just given you way more info than you were looking for. I prefer the Saw Whet to the Boreal so far, but if anyone finds they love the more rare Boreal, this time is for them, unless Boreal posts don't do well, and I'll scale them back.
  Long Ears are my top owl you guys don't care about as much as I do, and wood owls will do well if I post one, but sticking with them seems to take away from the group interest.
  The taste preferences and habits of you all keep me about as interested as the owls do! 😆
  
  you guys don't like the same owls that I like to some extent, ... Long Ears are my top owl you guys don't care about as much as I do
  I like Scopes because they've got all the bling, including long ears. But, yes, different owls.
  I didn't care one way it another about owls until this community, so I'm just a sucker for a pretty face; I'm sure the reasons you like LOs is more nuanced.
  It is hard to not love an owl the size of your palm, like the Saw Whet, though. Our most common local owls (lower MN) tend to be GHO, Screech, and Barn - according to my wife's bird-identification-app - so I suppose I should be rooting for them. But I don't know; I got into team Scopes, and I think I'm there to stay.
Aw little guy.
- I like how flat the top of its head looks. 🥰